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, Calvados. Souvenir medal 1893, souvenir of an equestrian event, Legoux-Longpré (Member of Parliament for Calvados in 1893/1894), white metal 32 mm, weight 14,70 g., on the edge signed MAILLECHORT, Condition XF, edge nicks

France. Medal 1842 commemorating the death of the Duke of Orléans, Chapelle Ferdinand (Mort du Duc d'Orléans, Chapelle Ferdinand), Brass 25 mm, weight 6,50 g., Condition XF+, patina

France, Napoleon III (1852-1870). 5 Francs 1870 A, Paris, signed BARRE (Désiré-Albert Barre), KM# 799.1, Franc 2014# 331, Gadoury 1789# 739, Silver 37 mm, weight 24,90 g. .900, Condition VF+, cleaned, minor signs of corrosion

Francje Centime 1912, KM 840, Bronze 15 mm, Condition UNC, nice patina

France 10 Centimes 1918, KM 866a, Cu-Ni 21,3 mm, Condition aUNC

France, Louis-Philippe (1830-1848). 5 Francs 1847 A, Paris Mint, signed DOMARD. F. (Joseph-François Domard), KM# 749.1, Franc 2014# 325/14, Silver 37 mm, weight 24,90 g. .900, Condition VF, grey patina, traces of mint shine, quite a nice specimen

France, Second Republic 1848-1851. 5 Francs 1848 A, Paris, Hercules, KM 756.1, Silver 37 mm, weight 25,0 g. .900, Condition NGC MS 62, nice patina and mint shine

France, Henry V. Medal 1870, “DIEU LE VEUT. LA FRANCE LE VOUDRA”, Heureuse France, si jamais il est roi - Happy France, if ever he be king, Bronze 22 mm, weight 4,40 g., Condition aUNC,
Similar piece in the collection of Musée Carnavalet, Histoire de Paris

France, Napoleon III (1852-1870). 5 Francs 1867 A, Paris, signed BARRE (Désiré-Albert Barre), KM# 799.1, Franc 2014# 331, Gadoury 1789# 739, Silver 37 mm, weight 24,90 g. .900, Condition VF, beautiful patina, damaged edge on the obverse

France - Provincial, Lorraine (Duché). Leopold I 1690-1729. AR Teston 1711 (1706), KM 95, silver 30 mm, weight 8,28 g. Condition NGC MS 62, overstruck on Testone 1706

France. Medal, Homage of the French Republic to Garibaldi (1807 - 1882), Defender of European Freedoms, 19th century, Bronze 22 mm, weight 4,70 g., Condition VF+, removed ear, similar specimen in collection Musée Carnavalet, Paris and Breton Departmental Museum

France, Louis Philippe I (1773-1850). Medal 1840 Thierri I (Theuderic), by Armand Auguste Caqué, medal from the 74-medal series “Galerie numismatique des rois de France” - “Numismatic Gallery of the Kings of France” by Caqué, signed Caqué, Bronze 50 mm, weight 60,3 g, Condition UNC 

France, Strasbourg. Semissis (6 Deniers) - Demi Gros XVI-XVII cen., Engel/Lehr 336 var., Silver 23 mm, weight 2,05 g., Condition VF+, patina