LOT 3574
France. Second Empire, Napoléon III AE Medal. 1855. Paris mint. Commemorative issue of the Crimean War. Dies by J. Totter.
NAPOLEON III EMPEREUR, bare head to left, J. TOTTER F. below / EMPRUNT DE 750 MILLIONS LOI DU 14 JUILLET 1855.; allegorical scene showing Victory hovering above seated female figures representing Commerce, Finance and Industry, SOUSCRIPTIONS 3,652,000,000 SOUSCRIPTEURS 317,000 in four lines on central panel; in exergue, M.P. MAGNE MINISTRE DES FINANCES J. TOTTER F. in three lines. Page-Divo/Divo 264. Extremely Fine.(169gr, 72mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s.
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France. Fifth Republic AE Medal. 1982. Dies by Jp Réthoré.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Map of France showing the coats-of-arms of all regions / FRANCE TERROIRS DIVERS NATION UNE in three lines. 365gr, 88mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s. -
Group of Sixteen [16] Medals. 19th-20th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Comprising: various types, issues, denominations and metals; each held in a coin holder within an album sleeve. 300gr total.
Condition as shown.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent. -
France. Second Empire, Napoléon III and Eugénie AE Medal. Struck 1855. CommemoratIve Medal of Exposition Universelle 1855 - Palais de l'industrie. Dies by Caqué and Wiener.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
EUGÉNIE IMPÉRATRICE. NAPOLÉON III EMPEREUR, jugate heads of Napoléon and Eugénie to left; CAQUÉ. F. GRAVEUR DE S.M. L'EMPEREUR in two lines below / PALAIS DE L'INDUSTRIE, façade of the Palais de l'Industrie; JACQUES WIENER F: and PAVILLON DU NORD and GERVAIS ET CIE ÉDIT below. Collignon 1684. 133gr, 68mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s.

