(sold for $19.0)

1740, Olmouc, Jacob Ernst Count of Liechtenstein-Castelcorn. Electrotype Medal.

Mint year: 1740
Mint Place: Olmutz
Reference: Montenuovo 2914 var. (here a 19th-20th century copper electrotype cliché of the obverse!)
Condition: A large toning spot, reverse filled with lead (for more stability), otherwise XF for an electrotype!
Denomination: Uniface Electrotype of a Medal - Installation of Jacob Ernst, Count of Liechtenstein-Castelcorn as Archbishop of Olmouc
Material: Copper (filled with lead)
Weight: 53.37gm
Diameter: 73mm

Obverse: Crowned arms of Olmouc and the Archbishop, surrounded by crowned arms of the 25 clerical officials (Domherren) of the Archbishopric.
Legend: FRATRUM CONCORDIA IN UNUM

Reverse: Blanc (the original medal would have commemorative inscriptions and is struck in silver, here we have a copper electrotype!)

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Olomouc (Czech: Arcidiecéze olomoucká, Latin: Archidioecesis Olomucensis) is an archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in the Czech Republic. Not much is known about the beginnings of the Diocese of Olomouc. It was reestablished in 1063 and in 1777 it was elevated to an archdiocese.