CNG 91, Lot: 1635. Estimate $300. Sold for $950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE, Premier Empire. 1804-1814. AR Medal (40mm, 37.84 g, 12h). The School of Mineralogy Established at Mont Blanc. By Droz and Brenet. Dated L’An X[III] (1805). NAPOLEON EMPEREUR, laureate head right / Mont Blanc (as old man of colossal size), crouching facing and lifting large rock under which two miners are working; in two lines in exergue, ECOLE DES MINES DU/MONT BLANC. Edge: ARGENT DES MINES DE PESAY, AN X[III]. Bramsen 471. EF, toned, a few marks.