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LOT 3578
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.
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. Near Extremely Fine.(133gr, 68mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman, formed since the mid 1980s.
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LOT 3578
France. Second Empire, Napoléon III and Eugénie AE Medal.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
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