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Cu Medallion; return of Napoleons ashes, crossing Rouen. Paris. 1840. Ships Bow.
Obverse; V SAINTE HELENE May MDCCCXXI. laureate bust of Napoleon I, lying on his death bed; legend translates: I WANT THAT MY ASHES ARE BASED / ON THE BANKS OF THE SEINE, / THE MIDDLE OF THE FRENCH PEOPLE / I HAVE SO LOVED signature DEPAULIS F.
Reverse; S. A. R. THE PRINCE OF JOINVILLE COMMANDER SHIPPING. Steam Passage ship Normandy-Rouen under the bridge; the epigraph: TRANSITION TO ROUEN / MORTAL REMAINS / OF EMPEROR NAPOLEON / THE X MDCCCXL December.
Copper. 138.70 g. 63.0 mm. Extremely fine & Rare
(Ess.1687. Br.1980.)
Obverse; V SAINTE HELENE May MDCCCXXI. laureate bust of Napoleon I, lying on his death bed; legend translates: I WANT THAT MY ASHES ARE BASED / ON THE BANKS OF THE SEINE, / THE MIDDLE OF THE FRENCH PEOPLE / I HAVE SO LOVED signature DEPAULIS F.
Reverse; S. A. R. THE PRINCE OF JOINVILLE COMMANDER SHIPPING. Steam Passage ship Normandy-Rouen under the bridge; the epigraph: TRANSITION TO ROUEN / MORTAL REMAINS / OF EMPEROR NAPOLEON / THE X MDCCCXL December.
Copper. 138.70 g. 63.0 mm. Extremely fine & Rare
(Ess.1687. Br.1980.)