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France, Paris Mint, 1968, a silver award medal, obv. after C.N. Roettiers, rev. by H. Dropsy, frontal elevation of the Monnaie building, boats on River Seine in foreground, reverse wreath, named (M. Marcel Bestault, 1968), 66mm (BDM V, 153-4). Extremely fine, obverse toned (£20-30)

The obverse is taken from the reverse of Roettier’s 1770 medal commemorating the construction of the Monnaie