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Napoléon III - Achèvement du louvre

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Year 1975
Type Replica coin
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Obverse script Latin
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Reverse description A female figure clad in antique drapery, personifying Architecture, stands to the left and unfurls the plans of the various buildings comprising the Louvre complex. To the right, a standing figure of Napoléon III holds the partially unrolled plans for the completion of the Louvre. The composition is framed by a circumferential legend and an inscription identifying the subject, with the Roman date MDCCCLVII in the lower field and the engraver's signature DEPAULIS INV. ET F. below.
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Reverse lettering AETERNITATI AC MAIESTATI IMPERII GALLICI
ACHEVEMENT DU LOUVRE
MDCCCLVII.
DEPAULIS INV. ET F.
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