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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cpm9ball, post: 3048032, member: 24633&quot;][USER=71338]@joecoincollect[/USER] </p><p>[USER=44615]@paddyman98[/USER] </p><p><br /></p><p>Eugene Andre Oudine was born in Paris on January 1, 1810 and died there on April 12, 1889. There is no record of this medal listed in the<b><i> Biographical Dictionary of Medallists</i></b> by Forrer, but Oudine is credited in that compendium with the obverse design which was used for the French Five Francs in 1851. It was quite common for the Monnaies de Paris to use various dies that they owned for other medals. It is my guess that the Paris Mint chose to honor Oudine in 1889 by using his design for the 5 Franc coin as the obverse for this centennial medal.</p><p><br /></p><p>Chris[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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