Triton XIX, Lot: 2775. Estimate $1500. Sold for $6500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE, Royal (Restored). Jean-Baptiste Henry Collin de Sussy. President of the Commission des Monnaies, 1830. AV Medal (21.5mm, 6.59 g, 6h). Musée monétaire. Paris mint. By Tiolier. Dated 1830. Moneta seated right, holding cornucopia and resting arm on screwpress to right / MUSÉE MONETAIRE/ C^TE DE SUSSY/ PAIR DE FRANCE/ PRÉSIDENT/ 1830. Edge: COMMISSION DES MONNAIES. Mazard 1130. Choice EF, lustrous, some hairlines. Extremely rare.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Künker 190 (21 June 2011), lot 3651.

In addition to leading the committee that determined the new coinage for Louis Philippe, de Sussy also founded the Musée de la Monnaie de Paris in 1833.