FRANCE/U.S.A., Statue de la Liberté [Statue of Liberty], a gilt-bronze uniface plaque by J. Déchin after F.A. Bartholdi for Arthus-Bertrand, Statue of Liberty flanked by massed French and American flags, edge impressed bronze and foundry mark of Arthus-Bertrand, 87 x 42mm, 123.62g (cf. Coin Galleries April 2005, 774). About extremely fine £80-£100

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Silich Collection of Historical and Art Medals.

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bt Galerie Numismatique, December 2004

The Statue of Liberty, financed initially by France in the 1870s and later by Joseph Pulitzer, was dedicated by President Grover Cleveland on 28 October 1886.