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GERMANY. [1740], 300th Anniversary of the invention of the printing press, obverse; IOH. GVTTENBERG. IOH. FAVSTVS, busts of Guttenberg right & Faustus left, facing each other, in exergue; TYPOGRAPHIAE INVENTORES MAGONTIACI MCCCCXL, reverse; ARS VICTVRA DVM LITTERIS MANEBIT PRETIVM, classically draped female figure seated right, holding inking balls & composing stick and supporting a shield displaying the printers' arms, a printing press behind, in exergue; ANNO TYP SAECVL III GRATA POSTERITAS EXCVDIT MDCCXL, 42mm, bronze, after Dassier, this a later cast copy, EF
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