361, Lot: 627. Estimate $750. Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE, Second Empire. Napoléon III. 1852-1870. AV Medal (34mm, 25.37 g, 12h). Agricultural Competition at Bourg. Paris mint. by Caqué. Dated 1859. NAPOLEON III EMPEREUR, bare head left; CAQUÉ F below / MINISTÈRE DE L’AGRICULTURE ET DU COMMERCE RT DES TRAVAUX PUBLICS, CONCOURS RÉGIONAL AGR^LE/ BOURG/ 1859/ ANIMAUX REPROD^RS within wreath. On edge: hand hallmark and OR. Collignon –. Superb EF, a number of scattered field marks.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Spink 196 (24 September 2008), lot 254.