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FRANCE: AE medal, 1819, AU

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FRANCE: AE medal, 1819, AU
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FRANCE: AE medal, 1819, 41mm bronze medal by Louis Michel Petit for Christopher Columbus in the Numismatica Universalis Virorum Illustrium series; CHRISTOPHORUS COLOMB around bust of Columbus // NATUS / AN M.CCCC.XLII / CONGURETI AD GENUAM / OBIIT / IN VALLE OLETI / APUD HISPANOS / AN. MD. VI. / SERIES NUMISMATICA / UNIVERSALIS VIRORUM ILLUSTRIUM / M.DCCC.XIX, DURAND EDITION below, plain edge, AU, ex D. Holmbergs Mynthandel Stockholm with old tag. Part of the Numismatica Universalis Virorum Illustrium series by Durand which includes more than 150 individuals. Pierre Amédée Durand (1789-1873) was well known as a sculptor, a medal engraver and a producer of medals. In this latter capacity, no doubt influenced by the success that greeted the Galérie Métallique des Grands Hommes Français in 1816, he undertook in 1817 the issue of a universal series of medals of famous men, calling upon some of the best known engravers. In accordance with the regulations of the Ordinance of 5 Germinal, year 17 (March 25, 1809) and the Royal Ordinance of July 22, 1816, which gave to the Mint Administration a monopoly of the striking of medals, Durand had an initial series of medals struck there. These, issued between 1817 and 1826, have no inscription or privy mark on their edge.