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№ 121

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6 March 2024

Hammer Price:
£190

Droz, Jean-Pierre (Swiss, 1746-1823); b. La Chaux-de-Fonds, moved to France 1764, then England 1787, back to France 1791

FRANCE, Banque de France, 1809, a copper medal by J.-P. Droz, laureate bust of Napoléon right, rev. female seated left, handing a medal to a man standing right, dog at his feet, standing figure of Mercury at centre, sacks of coins spilling from a barrel below, 68mm, 155.08g (Bramsen 918; CGMP p.68 for rev.; BDM I, 625; Slg. Julius 2212; cf. WAG e83, 215). Small reverse rim bruise at 3 o’clock, otherwise about extremely fine £100-£150

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Silich Collection of Historical and Art Medals.

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The Banque de France had been founded in 1800 and occupied several buildings in Paris between then and 1811.