Poland - Silver Wedding Anniversary Token, Jeton
date: label: date made
content: 1865
notes: label: Description
content: This anniversary token was commissioned in Poland in 1865 to commemorate the Silver Wedding Anniversary of Simon Rosen and Henriette Epstein. It was designed by J. Minheymer a medalist during the reign of Russian Czar Alexander II (1855-1881) who ruled Poland during this period.
label: Description
content: Obverse inscription: XXV / R / D.17 Listo: 1865 (“The 17th of November 1865”).
label: Description
content: Reverse inscription: CWIERC’ WIEKU SREBRNA PŁYNIE STRUGA, / NIECH ZŁOTEN TERAZ PŁYNIE DRUGA (“From a quarter-century flows a stream of silver / now let the second flow gold”).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Poland
label: associated place
content: Poland
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content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
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content: Russian Coins and Jetons
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content: Coins, Currency and Medals
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content: Grand Duke Georgii Mikhailovich Collection
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content: Russian Jetons
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Willis H. du Pont
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: NU.68.263.1082
label: catalog number
content: 68.263.1082
label: accession number
content: 281689
objectType: label: Object Name
content: medal
label: Object Name
content: jeton
label: Other Terms
content: medal; Personal
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 29.5 mm x 29.5 mm x 2.9 cm; 1 5/32 in x 1 5/32 in x 1 5/32 in