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Switzerland, silver medal, Zwingli / Reformation bicentennial, 1719.

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Switzerland, silver medal, Zwingli / Reformation bicentennial, 1719.
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Switzerland, silver medal, Zwingli / Reformation bicentennial, 1719. Whiting 346, Slg. Belli *1931. 21.89 grams. Designed by Hans Jacob Gessner, with the Swiss reformer Huldrich Zwingli in clerical garb left on obverse above 1531 date (the year of Zwingli's death) in exergue, reverse with ten-line Latin tribute that translates as "pure light of the gospels conserved for two centuries" above date 1719, choice AU with rainbow toning around details and underlying luster.