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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;krispy, post: 973381, member: 19065&quot;]First of all, the piece you inquired about is NOT a coin, but rather a medal. A very important distinction to understand in your research.</p><p><br /></p><p>There does not appear to be much about this Dujardin known or shown in the historic records so you may not find a lot available online or even in print on Dujardin.</p><p><br /></p><p>I did turn up these links, one from a (Google) book titled <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=nT3hJxTKoeEC&amp;lpg=PA184&amp;ots=xU8El1gFBm&amp;dq=Auguste%20Dujardin&amp;pg=PA184#v=onepage&amp;q=Auguste%20Dujardin&amp;f=false" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://books.google.com/books?id=nT3hJxTKoeEC&amp;lpg=PA184&amp;ots=xU8El1gFBm&amp;dq=Auguste%20Dujardin&amp;pg=PA184#v=onepage&amp;q=Auguste%20Dujardin&amp;f=false" rel="nofollow">Nature&#039;s Museum: Victorian Science and the Architecture of Display</a> (page 184)</p><p><br /></p><p>and this Wikipedia reference on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medallic_art" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medallic_art" rel="nofollow">Medallic Art</a></p><p><br /></p><p>If you can read at least a little basic French you might try an Advanced Google search in French web sites for medals and artists.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are a few links to medals collectors societies and sites:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medalcollectors.org/index.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medalcollectors.org/index.html" rel="nofollow">MedalCollectors.org</a></p><p><a href="http://www.medalcollectors.org/index.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medalcollectors.org/index.html" rel="nofollow"><br /></a></p><p><a href="http://www.historicalartmedals.com/MEDAL%20COLLECTIONS.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.historicalartmedals.com/MEDAL%20COLLECTIONS.htm" rel="nofollow">HistoricalArtMedals</a></p><p><a href="http://www.historicalartmedals.com/MEDAL%20COLLECTIONS.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.historicalartmedals.com/MEDAL%20COLLECTIONS.htm" rel="nofollow"><br /></a></p><p><a href="http://www.amsamedals.org/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.amsamedals.org/" rel="nofollow">AMSA Medals.org</a></p><p><a href="http://www.amsamedals.org/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.amsamedals.org/" rel="nofollow"><br /></a></p><p><a href="http://www.fidem-medals.org/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.fidem-medals.org/" rel="nofollow">Fidem-Medals.org</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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