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FRANCE. Sunface/National Academy of Agriculture, Manufacturing & Commerce Silvered Copper Award Medal., ND (ca. 1900). Paris Mint. UNCIRCULATED.
Diameter: 50mm; Weight: 61.81 gms. Obverse: ACADEMIE NATIONALE AGRICOLE MANUFACTURIÈRE ET COMMERCIALE / FONDÉE A PARIS EN 1830 / RECONSTITUÉE EN 1848, facing radiant personification of the sun above the Earth, focused upon the eastern hemisphere, among the clouds; Reverse: ENCOURAGEMENT AUX INDUSTRIES AGRICOLE MANUFACTURIÈRE ET COMMERCIALE, MÉDAILLE / DÉCERNÉE / A in three lines, with blank area below for engraving; all within wreath. Edge: [cornucopia] CUIVRE. Exceptionally lustrous and brilliant, though some typical hairlines in the fields are noted. A great 'sunface' type.
Estimate: $100 - $200
Diameter: 50mm; Weight: 61.81 gms. Obverse: ACADEMIE NATIONALE AGRICOLE MANUFACTURIÈRE ET COMMERCIALE / FONDÉE A PARIS EN 1830 / RECONSTITUÉE EN 1848, facing radiant personification of the sun above the Earth, focused upon the eastern hemisphere, among the clouds; Reverse: ENCOURAGEMENT AUX INDUSTRIES AGRICOLE MANUFACTURIÈRE ET COMMERCIALE, MÉDAILLE / DÉCERNÉE / A in three lines, with blank area below for engraving; all within wreath. Edge: [cornucopia] CUIVRE. Exceptionally lustrous and brilliant, though some typical hairlines in the fields are noted. A great 'sunface' type.
Estimate: $100 - $200