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May 2023 World CCO Auction 16-19 May 2023
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FRANCE. Empress Eugénie/Palace of Industry Tin Medal, 1855. CHOICE UNCIRCULATED.
Diameter: 50mm; Weight: 43.73 gms. By A. A. Caqué for Massonnet. Obverse: EUGÉNIE IMPÉRATRICE, head left; Reverse: PALAIS DE L'INDUSTRIE, façade of the Palace of Industry; in five lines in exergue, MÉDAILLES DE L'EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE / FRAPPÈES DANS LE PALAIS DE L'INDUSTRIE / AU MOYEN D'UNE PRESSE MONÉTAIRE / DE LA MAISON CAIL & Cie / PARIS 1855. Edge: Plain. Deeper charcoal gray surfaces, with a good deal of alluring iridescence and underlying brilliance; great pull away effect to the peripheral toning.
Diameter: 50mm; Weight: 43.73 gms. By A. A. Caqué for Massonnet. Obverse: EUGÉNIE IMPÉRATRICE, head left; Reverse: PALAIS DE L'INDUSTRIE, façade of the Palace of Industry; in five lines in exergue, MÉDAILLES DE L'EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE / FRAPPÈES DANS LE PALAIS DE L'INDUSTRIE / AU MOYEN D'UNE PRESSE MONÉTAIRE / DE LA MAISON CAIL & Cie / PARIS 1855. Edge: Plain. Deeper charcoal gray surfaces, with a good deal of alluring iridescence and underlying brilliance; great pull away effect to the peripheral toning.
Visited by over five million attendees, the Paris expo in 1855 was focused upon agriculture, industry, and the arts. Of note, Napoleon III, still somewhat new as Emperor of the French at the time of the expo, called for a classification of France's best Bordeaux, whereby they would be ranked by the reputation of the producing château and trading price of the wine-aspects which don't exactly comport today.
Ex: Elsen 96 (6/2008) Lot # 1905 (part of).
Ex: Collection of Félix Bonnet, 1872.
Estimate: $100 - $200