Watch List notes:

FRANCE, Quatrième République. 1947-1959. AV Medal (23mm, 8.42 g, 12h). Visit of President de la République Coty to the Mint. Paris mint. Dated 5 May 1955. REPVBLIQVE FRANÇAISE, laureate bust of Marianne facing, head right / Antique monetary screw press; LE 5 MAI 1955 above; BRENET F. to left; DENON D. to right; in exergue, LE PRESIDENT COTY/VISITE/L'AD.on DES MONNAIES in three lines; below, 1 (cornucopia). Mazard 2776. Superb EF, traces of luster, hairlines.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Argenor (3 May 2006), lot 574.