FRANCE. Louis-Oscar Roty. Silvered Bronze Plaque. The Mines of Lens, 1899. Paris Mint. CHOICE UNCIRCULATED.
47x67mm; 76.77 gms. Maier-106. Obverse: Miner, wielding pickaxe overhead, at work within a mine illuminated by a gas light; Reverse: View of mine number 8; in exergue, implements of mining interspersed with laurel and oak branches. Edge: [cornucopia] BRONZE. Quite deeply toned, with some hints of iridescence and a few spots of underlying brilliance.
From the Richard Jewell Collection.
Estimate: $200 - $400