CNG 100, Lot: 1120. Estimate $1250. Sold for $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE, Second Empire. Napoléon III. 1852-1870. AV Medal (34mm, 25.62 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 DU COMMERCE ET DES TRAVAUX PUBLICS, CONCOURS RÉGIONAL AGR^LE/ BOURG/ 1859/ ANIMAUX REPROD^RS within wreath. On edge; hand hallmark and OR. Collignon –. Superb EF, lustrous, light hairlines.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from M. Louis Teller, June 2007.