Ancient, British and World Coins, Tokens, Historical Medals and Banknotes

France, Le Journal, 1898, a silver medal by F.-R. Carabin, three nude females standing, reading a newspaper, a fourth nude female working a press, reverse scrolled cypher and a quill, 44mm (cf. Coll. R. Marx 347; BDM I, 344; Cat. Exh. Strasbourg/Orsay, 1995, p.108, 115). Softly modelled, very fine but scratched on reverse; in maroon case (£50-70)