Johannes Gutenberg

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Gutenberg

Gutenberg is a lunar impact crater that lies along the west edge of Mare Fecunditatis, in the eastern part of the visible Moon. It is named after German inventor Johannes Gutenberg
Size: 75km
Longitude/latitude: 41.2° E, 8.6° S
Age: Older than 3.9 billion years

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Franklin Mint History of Mankind Set - Gutenberg's Invention Of Movable Type Stimulates Learning - 1454.   Issued from 1974 until 1982.

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Silver medal 1840    Commemorating the 400th anniversary of the invention of the printing press



Obv.: ❀JOHANNES GUTENBERG❀ - BORN IN MAINZ 1393-1400. DIED 1468.
Bust right, wearing fur hat and coat. On the excerpt: EHRHARDT.F.

Rev.: ❀TO THE GLORY OF THE GERMAN FATHERLAND❀ - OF THE ART OF PRINTING. 1840.    City goddess holds laurel wreath over Gutenberg's bust, surrounded by books and printing tools,
above a shining star.

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Silver medal 1840



Obverse: IV.SAEC.FDBUCHDR.K.IN LEIPZIG / IOHANNES GUTENBERG
Bust of Johannes Gutenberg, half-left, wearing a fur hat and coat. Below: SCHRECK - WARTIG.

Reverse: Jesaias - Cap.8.V.2.
Printing press on a book and a cross in clouds, below a view of Mainz with the Rhine.

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Johannes Gutenberg monument in Gdańsk, Poland

Unveiled in 1840 on the 400th anniversary of the invention of print. In 1890, it was replaced by a wrought iron gazebo, and a bronze statue of Johannes Gutenberg was unveiled five years later.

The monument disappeared from the pedestal around 1945 and its replica returned to its place in 1998. Unfortunately, it quickly was vandalized.

The renewed figure was unveiled during the celebration of the Printer's Day celebrations in 2004.