FRANCE, Royal (Restored). Louis XVIII. 1814-1824. Æ Medal (51mm, 69.98 g, 12h). Franco-America Convention of Navigation and Commerce. By Andrieu and Gayrard. De Puymaurin, director. Dated 1822 (in Roman numerals). LUDOVICUS XVIII FRANC ET NAV REX, head right, with hair tied in ribbon / GALLIA ET AMERICA FOEDERATA, personifications of France, wearing crested Corinthian helm, holding cornucopia and with shield at side, and America, wearing native American headdress, standing leaning on herm at center, engraved MDCCCXXII; in exergue, NOVIS COMMERCIORVM PACTIS/ IVNCTAE. Collignon 363. Brown surfaces, some scratches. EF.
From the David J. Fleischmann Collection.