A poor man's version at least. This important medal was struck for the artist's reunion convention in Lyon, France in 1792. On the truncation of the lady on the obverse, the name Galle is clearly engraved. Obviously, the design was taken directly from the Dupre 1783 Libertas Americana medal which was struck to commemorate the end of our Revolutionary War and our joint victory with France over England. The same obverse designed was shared with many early U.S. Liberty Cap Large Cents and 1/2 Cents As France was exploding into its own revolution for the third year when this was struck, precious and base metals were seldom available, so this medal was made from church bells which were melted down to make the large planchets on which to strike these.
Unfortunately, I can only dream about owning an original, so I will just have to be content with these restrikes. Chris
Capped: Nice article, great picture. CPM: I have one of those somewhere, I think it was re-struck during the Bi-centennial.
