Smooth with cornucopia mark and metal indication Script: Latin Lettering: BRONZE
Period
Notice
Louis-Oscar Roty
Reference(s)
Obverse description
On a boat, an allegory of America, draped on the left, wearing a star-spangled crown on a raised bun, and an allegory of France, draped on the left, wearing a Phrygian cap. Opposite them, at the oarsman`s station, the winged genius of Liberty wearing a Phrygian cap. In the background, the statue La Liberté éclairant le monde by Bartholomé and other light boats celebrating the statue`s inauguration.
Obverse lettering
VNION · FRANCO · AMERICAINE
STATVE · COLOSSALE · DE · LA · LIBERTÉ · ECLAIRANT · LE · MONDE
28 OCTOBRE
M.D.CCCLXXXVI
O. ROTY
Obverse script
Latin
Reverse description
Medallion by Auguste Bartholdi in front of the shields of the United States of America and France and a laurel branch.
Reverse lettering
SOUVENIR · DE · L`INDEPENDANCE ·
AMERICAINE
AUGVSTE BARTHOLDI STATVAIRE
MONVMENT
ERIGÉ · PAR · LA · FRANCE
ET ·L`AMERIQUE · EN · SOUVENIR
DE · LEVR · ANCIENNE · AMITIÉ
1776 1876
HAVTEVR · DE
LA · STATVE · 46m8
HAVTEVR · DV
PIÉDESTAL · 35m
Reverse script
Latin
Engraver
Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date)
