Live auction - fme_967264 - BANQUE DE FRANCE Médaille, Centenaire de la Banque de France
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Live starting : Type : Médaille, Centenaire de la Banque de France
Date: (1901)
Mint name / Town : Paris
Quantity minted : 3400
Metal : silver
Diameter : 68 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver ROTY Louis Oscar (1846-1911)
Weight : 132,91 g.
Edge : lisse + corne ARGENT
Puncheon : corne ARGENT
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Patine grise hétérogène avec quelques points d’oxydation, notamment sur la joue de l’allégorie féminine casquée de la Banque. Traces de frottement à l’avers. Aspect légèrement irisé par endroits
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : CENTENAIRE. DE - LA. BANQUE. DE - FRANCE. 1800-1900.
Obverse description : Buste casqué, lauré, ailé et cuirassé de la République à gauche ; signé O. Roty sur la cuirasse.
Reverse
Reverse legend : CONFIANCE ET TRAVAIL // GEORGES THOYER.
Reverse description : La Confiance et le Travail devant un paysage à gauche.
Commentary
Cette médaille, conservée dans son écrin en cuir marron avec liseré doré (charnière malheureusement brisée tout en étant tenu par le tissu intérieur), fut décernée à Georges Thoyer.
Historical background
BANQUE DE FRANCE
(creation of January 18, 1800)
The Banque de France was created on January 18, 1800 as a partnership limited by shares, with merchants and bankers and with the support of Bonaparte. Its purpose was to restore confidence in the coin to promote economic recovery. It issues notes payable at sight and to bearer in return for the discount on commercial paper in Paris. In 1803, it obtained the exclusive privilege of issuing banknotes. A governor has run it since 1806. Since 1808, it has had branches. It was reorganized in 1936 with a General Assembly and then in 1945, it was nationalized. It has been part of the European System of Central Banks since 1999..
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