CNG 91, Lot: 1619. Estimate $100. Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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BELGIUM. Léopold II. 1865-1909. Æ Medal (60mm, 90.09 g, 12h). Commemorating the Opening of the
Maison d’Arrêt Cellulaire at Huy. By C. Jéhotte. Dually-dated 1869 and 1871. RÈGNE DE LEOPOLD II ROI DES BELGES, blueprints of the jail; 1869-1871 in exergue / MAISON D’ARRÊT CELLULAIRE A HUY, view of the jail; in four lines in exergue, JULES BARA, MINISTRE DE LA JUSTICE/N VERHEYEN, ADMINISTR DES PRISONS/J J ROUSSEAU, INSPECTR DES CONSTRUCT/VIERSET-GODIN, ARCHIT. Peus 377, lot 2030. Superb EF, brown surfaces.
Duplicates from the Kisch Medal Collection sold on behalf of the American Numismatic Society.