Auction Catalogue

9 & 10 December 2003

Starting at 11:00 AM

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Ancient, British and World Coins and Banknotes

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

Lot

№ 1485

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10 December 2003

Hammer Price:
£35

Société Nouvelle des Forges et Chantiers de la Mediterranée, Marseille, 1855, a silver medal by R. Stern, conjoined arms of Marseille and La Seyne, rev. seated female contemplating a shipyard, 41mm (BDM –; cf. DNW 49, 820); Société Nautique de Marseille, a bronze medal by A.B. Rivet for Le Médaillier, 50mm; Ancienne Assurance Mutuelle Contre l’Incendie, Seine Inferieure et Eure, octagonal silver jetons (2), by A.J. Depaulis, both 34mm [4]. Very fine and better, silver medals toned, second in original maroon case of issue (£40-50)