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500th anniversary of Johannes Gutenberg Inventor of modern book printing and the printing press
| Location | Germany (1871-1948) |
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| Year | 1900 |
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| Diameter | 51 mm |
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| Obverse script | Latin (Fraktur blackletter) |
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| Reverse description | Seated figure of Gutenberg at a desk receiving homage from four standing female allegorical figures representing the sister arts and history, all in high relief. Five guild coats of arms are displayed in the upper field, and the coat of arms of Mainz appears at the bottom within a cartouche. The circular legend in Fraktur blackletter runs around the border, with a tablet in the lower central field bearing part of the inscription. |
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| Reverse lettering | Da entfloss dem berühmten Gutenberg gleich einem Strome das Wort! Johannes Gutenberg nimmt die Huldigung der Schwesterkünste und der Geschichte entgegen |
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