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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GeorgeM, post: 2141159, member: 28550&quot;]I did find another of these listed on eBay, with the suggestion that it was minted in 1971 &amp; engraved by a Georges Lay (citing Bibliographie : voir CGMP p1170 vol4.).</p><p><br /></p><p>Can&#039;t seem to find much on Georges Lay other than the fact that he worked/works for Monnaie de Paris:</p><p><a href="http://www.monnaiedeparis.fr/en_US/Crosses/Croix-de-Georges-Lay-pciV5dvKztCH8AAAEvTD4l6HPCj15dvKztifcAAAEv4s4rTPhR.html;pgid=2DvQCRZCDV5SR0dg_YQU2il800005dtFMwJS;sid=6OIRoZrcwLcgGclkkpT1DSaBP5W_Tb1eU6yJE5_zWgCbrQZfL8g2IyGSz2Cq7w==?JumpTo=OfferList&amp;JumpFrom=SearchResult&amp;PageableID=aHGsE6zmSxsAAAFHF2EVbAie&amp;PageNumber=6" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.monnaiedeparis.fr/en_US/Crosses/Croix-de-Georges-Lay-pciV5dvKztCH8AAAEvTD4l6HPCj15dvKztifcAAAEv4s4rTPhR.html;pgid=2DvQCRZCDV5SR0dg_YQU2il800005dtFMwJS;sid=6OIRoZrcwLcgGclkkpT1DSaBP5W_Tb1eU6yJE5_zWgCbrQZfL8g2IyGSz2Cq7w==?JumpTo=OfferList&amp;JumpFrom=SearchResult&amp;PageableID=aHGsE6zmSxsAAAFHF2EVbAie&amp;PageNumber=6" rel="nofollow">http://www.monnaiedeparis.fr/en_US/Crosses/Croix-de-Georges-Lay-pciV5dvKztCH8AAAEvTD4l6HPCj15dvKztifcAAAEv4s4rTPhR.html;pgid=2DvQCRZCDV5SR0dg_YQU2il800005dtFMwJS;sid=6OIRoZrcwLcgGclkkpT1DSaBP5W_Tb1eU6yJE5_zWgCbrQZfL8g2IyGSz2Cq7w==?JumpTo=OfferList&amp;JumpFrom=SearchResult&amp;PageableID=aHGsE6zmSxsAAAFHF2EVbAie&amp;PageNumber=6</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve not tried using artists to identify a coin or medal before. I didn&#039;t expect it to be particularly fruitful, as it can sometimes be hard to find out anything about the engravers behind ever fairly well known coins, but I&#039;m holding out hope. What resources would list an artist&#039;s oeuvre (or, if I&#039;m using the wrong term, their complete body of work)? </p><p><br /></p><p>Before I posted, I did try searching the French version of Wikipedia, and turned up the following (I presume George &amp; Georges were the same engraver):</p><p><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Lay" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Lay" rel="nofollow">https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Lay</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Would this be his &quot;Médaille <i>La terre&quot;?</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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