File:Berlin 1840 Celebration Medal 400th Anniversary Johannes Gutenberg's Printing Press Invention, obverse.jpg
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English: Berlin 1840 Celebration Medal 400th Anniversary Johannes Gutenberg's Printing Press Invention
Copper d. = 39 mm Johannes Gensfleisch zur Laden zum Gutenberg, about 1400 Mainz - 1468 Mainz, Rheinland-Pfalz Gutenberg's printing press of 1440 later spread across the world, and led to an information revolution throughout Europe. It had a profound impact on the development of the Renaissance, Reformation, and humanist movements. Around portrait l.: "JOHANN GAENSFLEISCH GEN. GUTENBERG GEB. Z. MAINZ ZWISCHEN 1393 - 1400"/ Gutenberg sitting l. in his workshop at Straßburg, Alsace. 4 lines in exergue: "VIERTE JUBELF. D. ERFINDUNG D. BUCHDRUCKERKUNST. BERLIN D. 25 U. 26 SEPT. 1840." Slg Walther 897; Wurzbach 3456 (Ag) Medallist: Friedrich Anton König, 1794 Breslau - 1844 Dresden Condition: Nice VERY FINE |
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