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<p>[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 3569132, member: 10461"]This French medal (discussed in a recent <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/poll-this-napoleonic-medal-is-about-to-come-my-way-in-a-swap-but-which-item-should-i-swap-for-it.340746/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/poll-this-napoleonic-medal-is-about-to-come-my-way-in-a-swap-but-which-item-should-i-swap-for-it.340746/">thread</a>) is coming to my Eclectic Box collection soon.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is a special gilt bronze specimen striking of a Napoleon Bonaparte memorial medal by Antoine Bovy, commemorating Napoleon's Paris funeral on December 15, 1840. The reverse shows his original tomb on the island of St. Helena, where he died in exile in 1821.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/obadacsqr1mhlgfccz6g_32592814_large-jpg.949792/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The medal was struck in 1840. That "Bramsen-1990" on the label is the variety number, not the year it was issued.</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/nhbhholjqpqqhith4tla_napoleon-medal-slab-obv-png.949793/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/kn8yjeewqlc1upqd9yfv_napoleon-medal-slab-rev-png.949794/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>This has a PCGS population of 1/0, meaning it is the only example graded.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 3569132, member: 10461"]This French medal (discussed in a recent [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/poll-this-napoleonic-medal-is-about-to-come-my-way-in-a-swap-but-which-item-should-i-swap-for-it.340746/']thread[/URL]) is coming to my Eclectic Box collection soon. It is a special gilt bronze specimen striking of a Napoleon Bonaparte memorial medal by Antoine Bovy, commemorating Napoleon's Paris funeral on December 15, 1840. The reverse shows his original tomb on the island of St. Helena, where he died in exile in 1821. [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/obadacsqr1mhlgfccz6g_32592814_large-jpg.949792/[/IMG] The medal was struck in 1840. That "Bramsen-1990" on the label is the variety number, not the year it was issued. [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/nhbhholjqpqqhith4tla_napoleon-medal-slab-obv-png.949793/[/IMG][IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/kn8yjeewqlc1upqd9yfv_napoleon-medal-slab-rev-png.949794/[/IMG] This has a PCGS population of 1/0, meaning it is the only example graded.[/QUOTE]
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