MDC Monnaies de Collection
1634
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FRANCE - FRANCE
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1634
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FRANCE - FRANCE
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Estimate €200
Voluntary lot
Description
FRANCE - FRANCE
Louis XVIII (1814–1824). Coin-shaped medal with a face value of 5 francs, from the Jackson mint in Saint-Étienne, by Galle MDCCCXXIII (1823), Paris.
Obverse: LOUIS XVIII KING OF FRANCE AND NAVARRE. Bare head facing left; below, the signature GALLE F.
Reverse. In the field, in nine lines: MEDALS / MINTED ON / STEEL DIES / CAST IN FRANCE, / BY THE MANUFACTURE / OF JACKSON / FATHER, SON AND GRANDSON / IN SAINT-ÉTIENNE. / (date).
G.- - Maz.773 - VG.2552 - Théret/Taillard 2503.2; Bronze - 19.03 g - 37 mm - 12 h
Top Pop: this is the only graded specimen!
PCGS MS62BN (58337013).
High-relief strike, with marked fillets. With a brown patina. Superb.
It was to Jackson senior that France owes the introduction of cast steel production based on the English method in 1814. From that date onwards, steel was produced in France at Saint-Étienne. Based in Outrefurens, Jackson senior and junior produced ingots and bars of cast steel of excellent quality (one and a half tonnes per week). Galle used their steel to make two wedges, which he engraved and tempered in 1823, most likely for the 1823 Industrial Exhibition, at which Jackson was awarded the gold medal. From 1830 onwards, the company moved to Assailly, near Rive-de-Gier, where it expanded significantly, and formed a partnership with Peugeot in 1842
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