Medal - Compagnie Universelle du Canal maritime de Suez

€152,746.00

Location	France
Year	1880
Type	Commemorative medals › Inauguration medals
Composition	Silver (.950)
Weight	40 g
Diameter	42 mm
Thickness	3 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Edge	Smooth with a symbol as the mintmark and lettering indicating it is French silver .950 or .800 Lettering: (corne) ARGENT ou 1ARGENT ou 2ARGENT
Period	Third Republic (1870-1940)
Notice	Louis-Oscar Roty
Reference(s)	Lec#1 Suez

Obverse description	An allegory, Fortune or France seated right on bale, holding twig and torch, cornucopia upside down at her feet before Savings standing right holding out globe-shaped trunk; behind, an anvil, a book and a cog, symbols of commerce and industry; in the background, a plan of the canal.
Obverse lettering	L`EPARGNE . FRANÇAISE . PRÉPARE . LA . PAIX . DV . MONDE .
Obverse script
Reverse description
Reverse lettering	COMPAGNIE . VNIVERSELLE . DV . CANAL . MARITIME . DE . SVEZ . LE . 17 . NOVEMBRE . 1869 . LE . CANAL . MARITIME . A . ETE . OUVERT . A . LA . GRANDE . NAVIGATION .
Reverse script
Engraver	Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date)
Mintage	ND (1880) - (cornucopia) 1ARGENT - ND (1880) - (cornucopia) 2ARGENT - ND (1880) - (cornucopia) ARGENT -
Catalog ID	8940655220
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