Portrait of the philosopher Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
Obverse lettering
GOTEFRID vs GUILIELMvs LEIBNIZvs SERmo ELECT:
BRUNS: LUNEB:AB.INT:CONS:
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Reverse description
Image of the Creation according to the philosopher Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Representation of binary system.
Reverse lettering
2 3 4 5 etc.
OMNIBVS EX NIHILO DVCENDIS SVFFICIT VNVM
[BINARY NUMBERS]
IMAGO CREATIONIS
INVEN
G.G L
ANN. CHR. MDCXCVII (Translation: To draw all things out of nothing, the One is enough)
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Engraver
Deschler & Sohn, Munich then Aschheim, Germany (1831-1997)