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MDC Monnaies de Collection

1196 - FRANCE - FRANCE MEDALS - France, Louis XIV (1643–1715). Meda…
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FRANCE - FRANCE MEDALS - France, Louis XIV (1643–1715). Medal commemorating the founding of the Academy of Sciences, by Mauger, 1666, Paris. Divo.88; Silver – 38.13 g – 41 mm – 12 h A chip on the edge at 6 o’clock. Very good to very good-to-excellent condition. The Royal Academy of Sciences, founded in 1666, became the present-day Academy of Sciences and is one of the five academies that make up the Institut de France. Founded in 1666 by Colbert, this Academy is dedicated to the advancement of the sciences and advises the government in this field. Colbert selected scholars, mathematicians (astronomers, mathematicians and physicists) and physicists (anatomists, botanists, zoologists and chemists), who held their first meeting on 22 December 1666 in the King’s Library in Paris
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About the sale A selection of coins and medals from the collection of an amateur collector from Burgundy (Part 2)
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Auction time 09/05/2026 at 9:00 AM
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