Denmark - 'Frederik V' - Specimen Medal of 12 Ducats - 1758

Galster-450. 41.46gm. By M.G. Arbien and Jacobson. This is a very rare small gold prize medal for Great merit in the Academy of Fine Arts of Copenhagen. Different design from the Big medal that is Galster # 446. Galster catalog also adds that only 15 of these medals were issued in gold and 21 in silver. We can speculate that no more than 5-7 of these medals survived.