Auction Catalogue

14 December 2004

Starting at 9:30 AM

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Ancient, British and World Coins and Banknotes

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

Lot

№ 1357

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14 December 2004

Hammer Price:
£60

France, 50th Anniversary of the Compagnie des Chemins de Fer de Paris, à Lyon et la Méditerranée, 1907, a silver plaque by F.-C.-V. de Vernon, train steaming past a level-crossing, coach and horses at left, rev. allegorical female stepping down from the footplate of a locomotive, three figures with trolley waiting to greet her, 60 x 45mm (PBE 982; Moyaux Suppl. 271; cf. Swan 286; cf. DNW 58, 1545). Very fine, rare (£60-80)