Coin: Moses Mendelssohn, 1774
Jacob Abraham (1723 - 1800) and Abraham Abramson
Silver
Diam: 4.3 cm
The Samuel and Daniel M. Friedenberg Collection
FB 28 ' ; $object_caption = 'Coin: Moses Mendelssohn, 1774
Jacob Abraham and Abraham Abramson
Silver

FB 28 ' ; $object_summary = ' This medal — a joint creation of Jacob Abraham, chief medallist at the Berlin mint and his son, Abraham Abramson — commemorates the publication of Phaedon, one of Moses Mendelssohn\'s most famous philosophical works. The butterfly hovering on the skull, which appears on the coin\'s reverse side, represents spiritual immortality.

Currently on view in the Permanent Exhibition. '; ?>