Medal - Exposition Universelle 1878 Paris

Features

Location	France
Ruling authority	Third Republic (1870-1940)
Type	Commemorative medals › Exhibition, fair and festival medals
Year	1878
Composition	Bronze
Weight	14.8 g
Diameter	31 mm
Thickness	2 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 26451
References	VG# 3914 Victor Guilloteau. Monnaies françaises (Guilloteau). Paris, France (2 volumes). , Slg. Wurzbach# 7173 Wolfgang von Wurzbach; 1943. Wurzbach - Tannenberg: Katalog meiner Sammlung von Medaillen, Plaketten und Jetons. Amalthea, Zürich, Switzerland.

Commemorative issue

1878 World's Fair

Obverse

Bust of the Republic on the left with a headband.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE
SUFFRAGE UNIVERS
BARRE

Engraver: Jean-Auguste Barre

Reverse

Script: Latin

Lettering:
ADMINIST.
DES
MONNAIES
-
EXPOSITION
UNIVERSELLE
PARIS
1878

Engraver: Jean-Auguste Barre

Edge

Plain

Mint

Comments

These medals were struck with a pendulum in the Champ de Mars Palace during the Paris World's Fair in 1878.

This is an automatic translation. The original text is:

Ces médailles ont été frappées au balancier dans le palais du Champ de Mars pendant toute la durée de l'Exposition Universelle de Paris en 1878.

See also

• Fair or exhibition

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