Coins and Medals

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Lithuania 1985 65th anniversary of Lithuanian Newspaper "Vilnis" in USA, Chicago medal



Vilnis ('Wave') was a Lithuanian language communist newspaper published from Chicago, the United States 1920–1989. The first issue was published on April 8, 1920, following the split the Socialist Party of America. The founder of Vilnis, Vincas Andrulis, became its editor. Vilnis was a daily newspaper, but which became a weekly in its later years. Vilnis was issued by the Workers Publishing Association. By the mid-1920s Vilnis had a circulation of around 11,500. When the New York-based publication Daily Worker as suspended in the 1950s, Vilnis became the most widely circulated communist daily in the country. It had a circulation of around 32,000. As of 1968 Vilnis was a semi-weekly, with a circulation of 5,000. By the mid-1970s, the circulation of Vilnis (published thrice weekly) had dropped to 2,500.

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City of Paris Silver Token 1847  Cercle de la Librairie, de l'Imprimerie et de la Papeterie (Circle of booksellers, printers and stationers)




Obverse    Crowned coat of arms, flanked by sphinxes.

Inscription: DANTZELL
BOOKSHOP, PRINTING AND STATIONERY CIRCLE FOUNDED 🟌 IN 1847

Reverse   An open book beneath a radiant face.

Registration:
EX UTROQUE LUX
PARIS

Translation: Light from all sides.

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German Reich, German Printers' Association, Silver Medal of Honor



German Printers' Association, Silver Medal of Honor, awarded from 1926 to 1934.

Stamped silver, approximately 46 mm. The obverse features symbolic representations of printing activities in the style of a triptych; the artist's signature "MORIN" of the Berlin painter, sculptor, and medalist Georges Morin (1874–1950) is found in the lower right. The reverse depicts a griffin with two handled printer's balls amidst a descriptive inscription.

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500 Schilling coin from 1998   Austria



Österreich, 2. Republik, 500 Schilling 1998

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Medal, International Congress of Publishers, Paris, 1896




Booksellers', Printing and Stationery Club / Founded in 1847

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Medal - VEB Kombinat Polygraph - Leipzig
Brown porcelain medal from 1981



Obverse
Bust of Marcus Brandis left, legend surrounding.

Lettering:
500 JAHRE BUCHDRUCK IN LEIPZIG
1481 - 1981

Reverse
4-line inscription above company logo and Meissen swords.

Lettering:
MARCUS
BRANDIS
DRUCKTE 1481
DAS ERSTE BUCH IN LEIPZIG
POLYGRAPH

Marcus Brandis was born in Delitzsch around 1455 and learned the printing trade from his brother in Lübeck. In 1479, Marcus Brandis was working as a printer in Merseburg and came to Leipzig in 1480.

On September 28, 1481, Marcus Brandis printed the first book documented in Leipzig , Giovanni Nanni's "Glosa Apocalipsim," a small Latin manuscript, presumably commissioned by the Dominicans. The printing of this work is considered the birth of Leipzig's printing industry . Between 1481 and 1487, Brandis published over 60 printed works. He printed for theologians, medical books, texts for Latin instruction at the university, and several grammars. For the Saxon rulers Ernst and Albrecht, Marcus Brandis printed the 1482 state ordinance twice. Brandis mastered the then very complex technique of two-color printing.

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Medal commemorating 200 Years of the Haller Tagblatt Printing House    1988



Haller Tagblatt (Haller Daily Paper) is a German daily newspaper for the district of Schwäbisch Hall. It first appeared as a weekly newspaper in 1788 under the name Hallisches Wochenblatt, and is the second oldest newspaper in Baden-Württemberg.

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Mexico United Mexican States 1960 Medal - Printing in Mexico

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Slovenia 2015  3 Euro coin  500th anniversary of the first Slovenian printed text



Obverse
Lettering:
3 EURO
Leukhup, leukhup, leukhup, leukhüp woga gmaina
SLOVENIJA 2015

Reverse
Lettering:
PRVO SLOVENSKO TISKANO BESEDILO
1515
Stara prauda

Translation: first Slovenian printed text

Slovenian slogan and the war cry of the Slovenian rebels: "Stara prauda" (old levies) and "Leukhup, leukhup, leukhup, leukhup woga gmaina" (peasants unite), which was probably part of the rebel song. These were the first words printed in Slovenian.

30 Euro coin



100 Euro coin

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2025   500 Years of Estonian Literature    2 Euro Coin

This coin is part of the Estonian national symbol series. It is a 2-euro commemorative coin issued to mark the 500th anniversary of the first printed text in the Estonian language.



Obverse: Depicts four books. At the top, the inscription EESTI KIRJAKEEL 500 (500 Years of Estonian Literature) is engraved. At the bottom, the years 1525–2025 are indicated. Surrounding the design are 12 EU stars.

Reverse: The reverse side of the coin displays the denomination and a map of Europe.

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Commemorative medal    World Money Fair, Berlin 2024

Sack & Kiesselbach Maschinenfabrik GmbH

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Italy   2005    Medal - 60 years Liberation Day



Obverse:   Printing press with mountains as landscape

1945-2005
il ribelle
ESCE COME E QUANDO PUÒ
M. MEDICI
Google translation-The rebel
comes out as and when he can

Reverse:  A.N.P.I. OME
60° ANNIVERSARIO DELLA LIBERAZIONE
Più della servitù temo la libertà portata in dono
Giuseppe Mazzini
Google translate: 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE LIBERATION
More than servitude, I fear the freedom brought as a gift
Giuseppe Mazzini