CNG 91, Lot: 1656. Estimate $300. Sold for $360. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GERMANY, Weimarer Republik. 1918-1933. Æ Medal (88mm, 166.70 g, 12h). Proclamation of the New Republic in Köln. By K. Goetz. Dated 9 November 1918. ҺALT/FASS/AmRICҺ/DO/KÖLSCHЄ/BOOR mAG/ЄT/FALLЄ/SÖSS/OV/SOOR (“hold on to the Reich, man of Köln, may it come sweet or sour”), medieval soldier standing facing, head right, holding coat-of-arms and spear; the River Rhine and the Köln Cathdral in the background / AUSRUFUNG DER DEUTSCHEN REPUBLIK/AUF DEM NEUEN MARKT IN KŒLN/9 NOVEMBER 1918 (proclamation of the German Republic on the New Market in Köln), proclamation scene; Rhine river god in exergue. Kienast 275. Choice EF.

Duplicates from the Kisch Medal Collection sold on behalf of the American Numismatic Society.