Johannes Gutenberg

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Postcard from Germany    1900

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Official Postcard from the Strasbourg Johannesfeier - 1900

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Gotha     Three Hundredth Anniversary of the Invention of Printing Johann Gutenberg and Johann Fust Silver 1740

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Medal of Johannes Gutenberg   Warsaw 1996




Obverse: Bust of the inventor of printing Johannes Gutenberg in 3/4; on both sides the coats of arms of the cities, below on the left: MCDXLVIII, on the right: MCDLXXIII. At the top and bottom the inscription: JOHN GUTENBERG AROUND 1397 – 1400 – 1468 INVENTOR OF PRINTING IN MAINZ

MCDXLVIII = 1448               MCDLXXIII = 1473

Reverse: In the centre - a globe and a set square and two coats of arms of cities with St. Christopher and a mermaid. At the top, in a semicircle in two lines: REISSUE OF MASTERPIECES OF POLISH SCIENCE / PUBLISHING HOUSE, at the bottom: GUTENBERG-PRINT / TADEUSZ RADJUSZ. WARSAW

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Medal 1900  500th birthday of Gutenberg.
 


Obverse: Open book with clasps and the inscription Biblia JG 1455
Reverse: 9 lines of writing with the names and dates of the book printing houses established in Saxony.