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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;labarbedor, post: 2198531, member: 2276&quot;]I am not an expert on coins, and was a modest collector of early gold and silver medals. So this is my opinion only. First I have the same medal, and have had it for several decades. I am French, and the French government regulates strictly the marking of gold, and has for centuries. There is no such thing as 21k in France. A brasserie is a particular type of restaurant, but is also a brewery. I can&#039;t imagine a restaurant ever won an exposition medal, the uproar in France would still be heard today. I think we can presume it was given to the brewery, which in France would of course have been called the &quot;brasserie de cuauhtemoc&quot;. Since it is evidently not an official medal, although well struck, and does not have the required French marks, it seems it must be from elsewhere. Mexico did produce coins in 21k. So my presumption is that the brewery won a medal, and the company ordered the medals struck in Mexico, perhaps for the officers of the company, or perhaps as presents for important clients.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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