Watch List notes:

FRANCE, Troisième République. 1870-1940. Æ Medal (69mm, 122.25 g, 12h). Union Franco-Americaine – Delivery of the Statue of Liberty to the United States. Paris mint. By Roty. Dated 1776, 1876, and 28 October 1886 (in Roman numerals). VNION F RANCO AMERICAINE/ STATVE COLOSS ALE DE LA LIBERTÉ ECLAIRANT LE MONDE, Marianne and Columbia holding hands and seated left in boat guided by winged Genus seated right; in background, various boats before the Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World), with radiant torch and base clouded in mist; above, 28 OCTOBRE/ MDCCCLXXXVI / SOUVENIR DE L'INDEPENDANCE AMERICAINE, medallion with bust of Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi left with legend AVGSTE BARTHOLDI STATVAIRE, set among two coats-of-arms on olive branch; at center, MONVMENT/ ERIGÉ PAR LA FRANCE/ ET L'AMERIQVE EN SOUVENIR/ DE LEVR ANCIENNE AMITIÉ. 1776 1876; below, tablet with radiant tip, to left of tablet, HAVTEVR DE/ LA STATVE 46m8, to right of tablet, HAVTEVR DV/ PIÉDASTAL 35m. Edge: cornucopia and BRONZE. Warm brown surfaces with hints of red. EF.

From the David J. Fleischmann Collection.