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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. France - United States. Treaty of Navigation and Commerce/Louis XVIII Copper Medal, "1822" (struck ca. 1860-79). Paris Mint. UNCIRCULATED.
Loubat-52; Collignon-363; Betts-Unlisted; Ford XIV, lot 505. By Andrieu & Gayrard. Diameter: 50mm; Weight: 55.69 gms. Obverse: Laureate head right; Reverse: GALLIA ET AMERICA FOEDERATA (France and America have reached an agreement...), Marianne (France), wearing crested helmet, and native princess (America), wearing feathered crown, leaning toward one another against column surmounted by bust of Mercury (commerce); cornucopia and prow in background; in two lines in exergue, NOVIS COMMERCIORVM PACTIS / IVNCTAE (...joined together in this new treaty of trading). Edge: [bee] CUIVRE. Warm brown color on the higher points, with a somewhat lighter, tawny nature in the brilliant fields.The commerce treaty celebrated on this medal was signed by Bayon Hyde de Neuville, representing Louis XVIII of France, and John Quincy Adams, representing the James Monroe and the United States.
Estimate: $150 - $300
Loubat-52; Collignon-363; Betts-Unlisted; Ford XIV, lot 505. By Andrieu & Gayrard. Diameter: 50mm; Weight: 55.69 gms. Obverse: Laureate head right; Reverse: GALLIA ET AMERICA FOEDERATA (France and America have reached an agreement...), Marianne (France), wearing crested helmet, and native princess (America), wearing feathered crown, leaning toward one another against column surmounted by bust of Mercury (commerce); cornucopia and prow in background; in two lines in exergue, NOVIS COMMERCIORVM PACTIS / IVNCTAE (...joined together in this new treaty of trading). Edge: [bee] CUIVRE. Warm brown color on the higher points, with a somewhat lighter, tawny nature in the brilliant fields.The commerce treaty celebrated on this medal was signed by Bayon Hyde de Neuville, representing Louis XVIII of France, and John Quincy Adams, representing the James Monroe and the United States.
Estimate: $150 - $300