Important British and World Coins, Tokens, Historial and Art Medals, Numismatic Books and Banknotes

France, Gustave Servois, 1908, a silver medal by O. Yencesse, bust right, rev. frontal elevation of the Hôtel d’Olivier de Clisson, 60mm (cf. PBE 1025; Coll. R. Marx 170; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.369, 12; BDM VI, 699). Softly executed, extremely fine and toned, rare; in original green card box of issue (£60-80)

Gustave Servois, director of the Archives Nationales, 1888-1902. Illustration reduced