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Reinois (untraced, presumed French)
FRANCE, Liaison Éléctrique Paris-Cöte d’Azur, 1969, a bronze medal signed Reinois for the Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Français, brain in left foreground, montage of faces of Marianne to left above, rev. mathematical symbols of electricity and power, connecting railway lines below, edge impressed bronze and cornucopia, 68mm, 135.10g. Extremely fine £20-£30
This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Silich Collection of Historical and Art Medals.
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Münz Zentrum Rheinland Auktion 101 (Cologne), 15 December 1999, lot 6686
The complete electrification of the railway between Paris and Ventimiglia on the Italian border began in 1963 and was completed on 28 January 1969; the line opened for passengers in February 1969.
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