CNG 100, Lot: 1126. Estimate $2500. Sold for $4750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE, Troisième République. 1870-1940. AV Medal (51mm, 94.30 g, 12h). Exposition Universelle Internationale. Paris mint. By C. Chaplain. Dated 1878. REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE, laureate head of Ceres left / EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE INTERNATIONALE DE 1878, winged Genius of France flying right, holding wreath and trumpet; below, cherub fling right holding tablet inscribed J./ CHAMBRELENT; exposition grounds in background; PARIS and CHAPLAIN in exergue. On edge: bee hallmark and OR. EF, lustrous, some hairlines.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams.