British, Italian and World Coins, Commemorative Medals, Numismatic Books

France, Canal Royal des Deux Mers, Érigé d’Obélisque à Naurouse, 1825, a copper medal by E. Dubois, bust of Pierre-Paul de Riquet right, rev. monument on rock, 42mm (Florange 396); Barrage Ecluse de St Valéry sur Somme, 1829, a copper medal, unsigned, 56mm; Premier Pierre de Pont Canal d’Agen Posée, 1839, a copper medal by J.-J. Barré, 51mm; Le Saisi de le Bateau à Vapeur Vautours à Lyon, 1848, a copper medal, unsigned, 37mm; Tunnel Maritime du Rove, 1927, a bronze medal by R. Baudichon, 40mm; Ouverture de la Moselle à la Grande Navigation, 1964, a bronze medal by R. Baron, 68mm (CGMP p.89); Tercentenaire du Mort de Pierre-Paul de Riquet, 1980, a light bronze medal, 50mm [7]. Very fine and better; sixth in maroon case of issue
£100-150

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals Related To Canals and Shipping from the Stanley Holland Collection.

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Provenance: Sixth DNW Auction 31, 17 September 1997, lot 763