Watch List notes:

France, First Empire. Napoléon I AR Medal. Commemorating the opening of the Canal de l'Ourcq. Dated 15 August 1809. Dies by Andrieu; Denon, mintmaster. NAPOLEON EMP. ET. ROI., laureate head to right; ANDRIEU F. on neck truncation, DENO[N] DI[R]. below / Paris seated facing on prow, holding cornucopiae and extending other arm; nymph standing to right on left, emptying urn inscribed VRCA; nymph kneeling to left on right, emptying urn inscribed SEQVANA; ANDRIEU F. in lower left field, DENON D. in lower right; VRCA PARISIOS DEDVCTA. XV AVGVSTI MDCCCIX. in two lines in exergue. Bramsen 868. 38.95g, 40mm, 12h.

Near Mint State; minor edge contact at 12h, tiny rectangular punch on edge at 6h, magnificent iridescent cabinet tone.

From the R. T. Collection of Napoleonic Medals from the First French Republic and Empire;
Ex Auktionen Münzhandlung Sonntag, Auction 30, 4 June 2019, lot 146.