Very rare copper issue minted to commemorate Count Aleksander Fredro, a Polish playwright and poet who wrote during the Romantic period.
Medal designed by Jean Jacques Barre, Paris 1864.
Mint luster on both sides.
Specimen from the unique “Collection of Lviv and Galician Medals” of Lech Kokociński, Honorary President of the Polish Numismatic Society.
Obverse: bust of Count Alexander Fredro, left, below, signature A. BARRE
ALEXANDER FREDRO POETA DRAMATYCZNY
Reverse: inscription in four lines surrounded by a floral wreath tied in the middle with a ribbon
DOBRZE / ZASŁUŻONEMU / RODACY / 1864
Copper, diameter 57 mm, weight 84.32 g
