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Description
FRANCE
NAPOLEON
Bordeaux Academy of Sciences and Arts
Medal
Obverse: UTILE DULCI
Beehive with its swarm
Reverse: SOCIETAS SCIENTIARUM ET ARTIUM BURDIGALENSIS
Year VI
Fluted edge
1798
Gold
15.37 g
31 mm
Mint mark
HENIN Numismatic History of the French Revolution 863
GARDE Medals and Tokens of Bordeaux 768 (silver or copper version)
FEUARDENT Tokens and Medallions, Volume 2, 9205 (silver)
A rare gold example of this token, which is very commonly found in silver
In an antique slipcase, collector’s label: 30,000 francs
See original version (French)
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