France - Provincial. Lorraine (Duché), Leopold I 1690-1729. AR Teston 1710, KM 95, silver 30 mm, weight 8,30 g. Condition NGC MS 61, A beautiful coin in uncirculated condition, overstruck on an earlier issue

France 50 Francs 1953, KM 918.1, Al-Br 27 mm, Condition aUNC

France 50 Centimes 1882 A, KM 834.1, Silver 18 mm, weight 2,5 g. .835, Condition NGC MS 63+

France, Arras - Pas de Calais. Berthonval Arras Alumni Association medal (L'école d'agriculture d'Arras - Berthonval Ecole d'Agriculture), Silver 45,0 mm, weight 44,24 g., Condition VF+, grey patina, stamps and signatures stamped on the rim

France, Louis Philippe 1830-1848. Br Medal, tribute of the city of Paris to Emperor Napoleon I, 1854, Bronze 77 mm, weight 241,30 g., Condition aUNC, beautiful bronze patina with luster. A magnificent, very artistic and striking medal dedicated to Napoleon I Bonaparte.

Obv: Apotheosis of Napoleon I according to a painting by Ingres, below the scene inscription IN NEPOTE REDIVIVUS; at the bottom INGRES PINXIT and signature E. A. OUDINÉ R/A L'EMPEREUR. NAPOLEON. PREMIER. LA. VILLE. DE. PARIS MDCCCLIV.
Rev:Crowned shield of the city of Paris held by Prosperity and Justice, motto FLVCTVAT NEC MERGITVR and signature E. A. OUDINÉ.

Napoleon I on the Imperial Throne (French: Napoléon Ier sur le trône impérial) - oil portrait by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, 1806, depicting Napoleon I in coronation attire. Currently stored at the Musée de l'Armée in Paris. (source:...

France. Napoleon I, Silver medal commemorating the marriage of the Grand Duke of Baden to Stephanie de Beauharnais ,,Princesse Française", 1806, by Andrieu, Paris Mint, Bramsen 522, Silver 41 mm , weight 35,41 g., Condition XF-, minor scratches in the background, beautiful multi-color patina.

A very nice silver medal, a real gem in the collection of any enthusiast of the French Emperor.

France, Napoleon I Bonaparte. Medal commemorating the visit of Alexander I of Russia to Paris, 1814, Denon, Bramsen 1464, Bronze 41 mm, weight 36,68 g., Condition aUNC, beautiful brown patina with luster.

France. Napoleon I Bonaparte, medal commemorating the start of the construction of the Arc de Triomphe, 1806, by Andrieu and Brenet, Bramsen 557, Bronze 40 mm, weight 38,60 g., Condition aUNC, nice brown patina with luster. A real gem in the collection of any enthusiast of the Emperor of the French.

France, Napoleon I Bonaparte. Bronze medal commemorating the transfer of the body of Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne from Saint Denis Cathedral to the Invalides, 22 September 1800, Auguste, Bramsen 71, Julius 848, Essling 858, Bronze 50 mm, weight 64,40 g., Condition aUNC, beautiful brown patina with luster, small edge damage

France. Napoleon I Bonaparte, as first consul, Br medal commemorating the laying of the foundation stone of the Colonne Vendôme, 1800, by Benjamin Duvivier, minted at the Paris Mint, Bramsen 61, Bronze 42 mm, weight 37,75 g., Condition XF+, small edge nick, beautiful brown lustrous patina.

A beautiful commemorative medal, a true gem in the collection of any enthusiast of the Emperor of the French. Commemorating the laying iof the first stone of the national column by Lucien Bonaparte (Napoleon's brother) on 14 July 1800.

France, Napoleon I Bonaparte. Bronze medal commemorating the re-establishment of the Legion d'Honneur, 1804, Denon, Bramsen 310, Bronze 40 mm, weight 34,47 g., Condition UNC, beautiful brown patina with mint mirror background, mint state specimen

France, Napoleon I Bonaparte. Bronze medal commemorating the annexation of Simplon, 1807, Andrieu, Bramsen 688, Bronze 40 mm, weight 38,32 g., Condition aUNC, beautiful brown patina with luster.

"By a decree of the 12th November, Napoleon united to the French Empire, the territory of the Valais, under the name of the department of Simplon, a name derived from one of the mountains of the Alps, situate on the side of Great St. Bernard, Mont Blanc is on the other: these three great mountain masses are all recorded by the medals of Napoleon.- (See Nos. 12 and 34.) The pretexts for this annexation were, that the Simplon, connecting France and Italy, had cost both treasuries eighteen millions of livres; that the Valais had not adhered to its engagements; and that it was necessary to put an end to the struggles for power among the population." Laskey p. 153-154 (source:...

France 2 Centimes 1877 A, KM 827.1, Bronze 20,2 mm, Condition aUNC

France (Carolingian). AR Denier, Louis le Pieux ('the Pious') 814-840 AD, son of Charles I the Great, the founder of the Carolingian dynasty. Uncertain mint ca. 822-840. Obv:+ HLVDOVVICVS IMP, cross pattée; pellets in quarters, Rev: + PISTIANA RELIGIO, temple façade. Silver 20 mm, weight 1,68 g., Condition XF, nice old patina