Hanoi Exposition

Triton XIX, Lot: 2801. Estimate $3000. Sold for $5500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

VIETNAM (ANNAM), Colonial. French Indochina. 1885-1949. AV Medal (41mm, 56.35 g, 12h). Hanoi Exposition. Paris mint. By Oudiné. Dated 1887. REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE, wreathed head of Ceres left / PROTECTORAT DE L’ANNAM ET DU TONKIN, HANOI/ EXPOSITION/ DE 1887 within wreath. Cf. iNumis 11 (19 March 2010), lot 1931. Superb EF, marks on cheek.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Künker 256 (10 September 2014), lot 6610.