Stockholm, so the task was not easy. The medallion (Fig. 3.15) was struck the
following year, and it is the only image of Scheele that can be expected to show any
resemblance to the great chemist. However, in the minutes from an Academy
meeting on February 2, 1791, there are complaints about the image, which was said
not to show a good enough likeliness of the deceased chemist [22]. The original
medallion was made from silver, but bronze copies have been struck from the
original matrix in 1942 (200 years after Scheele’s birth) and in 1986 (200 years
after Scheele’s death). A variant (in bronze) was issued at the International congress
Fig. 3.10 Silver medallion by Ljungberger. Photo Uppsala University
Fig. 3.11 A 1984 bronze re-issue of Ljungberger’s 1785 medal. Photo Anders Lennartson
3.4 Portraits of Scheele
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