Baldwin & Sons
Argentum Auction Fall 2015 7 November 2015
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MEDALS BY SUBJECT, Viniculture, France, Angelo Mariani (1838-1914), inventor of Vin Mariani – a cocawine, uniface Silver Medal, undated, by Louis-Oscar Roty, bust of the bearded Mariani left, a bottle behind him, VULGARISATEVR DE LA COCA, 30mm. Extremely fine, rare.
Mariani invented the first cocawine in 1863 when he introduced an extract from the coca leaves to a red wine. It met with huge success an boasted the Pope and Queen Victoria as patrons. In America John Pemberton of Atlanta produced his own variety of Vin Mariani, but when the city introduced prohibition in 1886, he removed the alcohol and established Coca-Cola. The medal is known without the outer border and Roty, perhaps a patron, also produced a plaquette for Vin Mariani.
Estimate: £100-150
Mariani invented the first cocawine in 1863 when he introduced an extract from the coca leaves to a red wine. It met with huge success an boasted the Pope and Queen Victoria as patrons. In America John Pemberton of Atlanta produced his own variety of Vin Mariani, but when the city introduced prohibition in 1886, he removed the alcohol and established Coca-Cola. The medal is known without the outer border and Roty, perhaps a patron, also produced a plaquette for Vin Mariani.
Estimate: £100-150