The Thomason Medallic Bible

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      We are offering for sale a wonderful Christmas Gift, The Thomason Medallic Bible. It was first minted in 1830 by Sir Edward Thomason of Birmingham, England. The inspiration that first went into this creation is best described in Sir Edward's own words, as they appeared in his autobiography entitled Thomason's Memoirs During Half a Century.

      “It appeared to me, in 1827, that I might, through God's assistance, become a humble instrument to effect a unique and novel medallic work to further and promote the glory of God, by impressing the Word of God upon gold, silver and other indestructable metals, with emblematical and symbolical designs, and with a short condensed explanation on the reverse of the medals, and thereby be the first author of a Medallic Bible.”'

      Although years of effort were spent in engraving the dies for his Medallic Bible, Sir Edward apparently struck only a few sets, primarily for presentation to the monarchs of Europe and Asia. As a result, despite the fact that this extraordinary series of religious art medals is one of the greatest numismatic achievements of all time, most of these sets have remained secluded in royal collections and have never been exposed to the public.

• Adam gives names to every beast of the field and foul of the air.
• Eve presenting the forbidden fruit to Adam
• The expulsion of Adam and Eve from paradise
• Cain slying his brother Abel
• Enoch carried up into heaven
• Noah's Ark floating upon the waters
• Noah buildeth an alter unto the Lord and offereth a sacrifice
• The Tower of Babel in the land of Shinar
• Lot parting from Abraham to dwell in the plain of Jordan
• Lot and his two daughters on their journey from Sodom to Zoar
• Abraham offering his son Isaac for a sacrifice
• Rebecca drawing water for Abraham's camels
• Abraham buried in the cave of Machpelah by his sons
• Isaac blessing Jacob instead of Esau
• Reconciliation between Jacob and his brother Esau
• Joseph's brethren selling him to the Ishmaelite merchants
• The interpretation of King Pharaoh's two dreams by Joseph
• Joseph maketh himself known to his brethren
• Jacob on his deathbed calling together his sons, and blessing them
• Moses discovered and preserved by the daughter of King Pharaoh
• The rod of Moses miraculously changed into a serpent
• The first-born slain throughout the land of Egypt
• Pharaoh and his host drowned in the Red Sea
• And Moses smote the rock and it gushed out water
• The Israelites worshipping the molten calf
• The Ark of the Covenant, the altar of incense, the brazen laver
• Moses's brazen serpent
• Balaam smiting the ass who speaketh before the angel
• The sacrifice of the red heifer by Eleazar

• Joshua dividing the waters of the River Jordan
• Joshua commanding the sun to stand still
• A chart of the travels of the children of Isrel from Egypt
• Jael driving the nail through the head of Sisera
• Fulfillment of Jephthah's rash vow
• Samson killing the lion on his journey to Timnath
• Samson carrying away the gates of Gaza
• David cutting off the head of Goliath, the Philistine
• Saul and the witch of Endor
• Absalom slain by Joab in the wood of Ephraim
• Solomon's temple
• Solomon's judgment
• Jeroboam ordering the man of God to be seized
• Elijah fed by ravens at the Brook Cherith
• Elijah carried up into heaven in the presence of Elisha
• The Shunamite's son restored to life on the prayer of Elisha
• Jonah delivered by the whale
• The overthrow of the army of Sennacherib, King of Assyria
• Shadrach, Meshach & Adebnego in the fiery furnace
• Job in distress rebuking his wife
• The divine Psalmist
• Daniel in the den of lions
• Julius Caesar murdered in the Senate House at Rome
• The adoration of the wise men
• Joseph and Mary's flight into Egypt
• Christ baptized by John in the River Jordan
• Christ raising Lazarus from the dead
• Christ instituting His Last Supper
• Christ's Agony in the Garden
• The Cricifixion
• The Ascension