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ANA Signature Sale 3056 3 Aug 2017
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Republic gold Matte Specimen "Mines de Lines" Medal 1913 SP67 PCGS, Maier-106 (unlisted in gold), Vogelsang-1116 (unlisted in gold). 48x68mm/132g. By O. Roty. Obv: Helmeted minor with pick working coal mine by oil lamp; surrounding inscription reads: RENDER · A · L'HOMME · E · PAR · LE · TRVAIL · LES · RESSOURCES · ENFOUIES · DE · LA · NATURE. Rev: View of mining factory and rails approaching; two-line surrounding inscription: 1852 · MINES DE LENS · 1913 / QUATRE MILLIONS DE TONNES; at bottom, ribbon around roses bearing motto ARTE ET LABORE (By Skill and Labor); mining tools in exergue surrounded by oak and laurel leaves.
A superb, virtually pristine work of art in gold, presented to the mine's Administrator, M. Paul Le Gavrian as a gift from the Society of the Mines of Lens, presumably on his retirement in 1937. Retaining its original red leather presentation box, perfectly kept with a fancy impressed gilt inscription on top. Of great rarity in gold.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 7000-10000 USD
Republic gold Matte Specimen "Mines de Lines" Medal 1913 SP67 PCGS, Maier-106 (unlisted in gold), Vogelsang-1116 (unlisted in gold). 48x68mm/132g. By O. Roty. Obv: Helmeted minor with pick working coal mine by oil lamp; surrounding inscription reads: RENDER · A · L'HOMME · E · PAR · LE · TRVAIL · LES · RESSOURCES · ENFOUIES · DE · LA · NATURE. Rev: View of mining factory and rails approaching; two-line surrounding inscription: 1852 · MINES DE LENS · 1913 / QUATRE MILLIONS DE TONNES; at bottom, ribbon around roses bearing motto ARTE ET LABORE (By Skill and Labor); mining tools in exergue surrounded by oak and laurel leaves.
A superb, virtually pristine work of art in gold, presented to the mine's Administrator, M. Paul Le Gavrian as a gift from the Society of the Mines of Lens, presumably on his retirement in 1937. Retaining its original red leather presentation box, perfectly kept with a fancy impressed gilt inscription on top. Of great rarity in gold.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 7000-10000 USD