102273 SWEDEN. Fredrik Theodor Berg silver Medal.

102273  |  SWEDEN. Fredrik Theodor Berg silver Medal. Issued 1900. Commemorating the life (1806-1887) of the physician and statistician (31mm, 14.21 g, 12h). Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences series. By Adolf Lindberg.

 

FR TH BERG REI TABELLARIÆ SUEC PRÆFECTUS / N 1806 O 1887, bust left in frock coat, wearing medal / RERUM PATRIÆ INCREMENTA ILLUSTRAVIT, female personification of Sweden standing right, resting hand upon shield and holding tablet with calculations; in background, base surmounted by bust with janiform male and female heads; in three lines in exergue. SOCIO MERIT REG ACAD / SCIENT SUEC / MDCCCC. Edge: Plain.

 

Hyckert II, 196; Granberg 292. Choice Mint State. Highly brilliant and mirrored fields, with some frosted devices and tinges of toning; a few light hairlines noted merely for completeness.

 

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