CATHOLIC IMMACULATE CONCEPTION & SAINT MICHAEL SPANISH COLONIAL SHIPWRECK MEDAL for Sale

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CATHOLIC IMMACULATE CONCEPTION & SAINT MICHAEL SPANISH COLONIAL SHIPWRECK MEDAL For Sale

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CATHOLIC IMMACULATE CONCEPTION & SAINT MICHAEL SPANISH COLONIAL SHIPWRECK MEDAL:
$174.99

All our listed items are original Christian devotionals.Some may have been cleaned or polished before their arrival, by their lastcaretaker. Their use is for personal devotion. Please note, the medal isoffered for sale, not the pictures.

This medal is from the estate collection of Miguel DaríoMiranda y Gómez (December 19, 1895 -- March 15, 1986) who was a MexicanCardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Mexico Cityfrom 1956 to 1977 and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1969.This rare 17thCentury medal, with the images of the Catholic Immaculate Conception and StMichael the Archangel, is 2 inches long and weighs 20 grams of bronze. Thepatina is typical of similar medals that wash up from Spanish shipwrecks, asthese medals have minor metal pitting on their surface.

The medals dating can be confirmed on pages 2 & 3 ofthe book AN INTRODUCTION TO RELIGIOUS MEDALS, by Bob Forrest, and published byNUMISMATICA INTERNATIONAL in 2004. In addition, this book has chapters(outlined in the table of contents), describing each of the categories ofmedals, their possible place of pilgrimage (acquisition), and origin of themint where they were made. We recommend that anyone serious about collectingmedals from this period acquire a copy of this book.

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