Cent cinquantenaire de la Banque de France

Location France
Year 1950
Type Commemorative medal
Composition Bronze
Weight 155 g
Diameter 68 mm
Thickness 5 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Edge Plain
Period
Notice
Reference(s)
Obverse description Minerva (Wisdom) holding a shield to the left, her left hand resting on the shoulder of Fortune, to the right, who is pouring a cornucopia into a chest, in the exergue signature: DUMAREST.
Obverse script Latin
Obverse lettering LA SAGESSE FIXE LA FORTUNE DUMAREST
Reverse description Seated women, one holding a caduceus and cornucopia, the other a hammer, on either side of a shield. dates in Roman numerals below text around the edge, cut off at the top by the profile of Napoleon Bonaparte
Reverse script Latin
Reverse lettering LA BANQUE DE FRANCE MDCCC-MCML
Mintage
Numisquare ID 5016029750
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