RARE French 1896 Marianne & Le Coq SILVER Medal by ROTY

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RARE French 1896 Marianne & Le Coq SILVER Medal by ROTY PLEASE NOTE: If you do not have sufficient money or do not intend on paying, please do not bid. If you have less than 10 positive feedbacks please contact us before you bid – unless you were contacted by us via e-mail regarding this auction. 1. COUNTRY of ORIGIN : France --------------------------- 2. CONTEXT : this is quite a RARE often overlooked yet still BEAUTIFUL version of Marianne, the symbol of France, by the master engraver Oscar Roty. Do not know what the year “1895” signifies, but as a pice of art is is STUNNING! --------------------------- 3. ENGRAVER : Louis Oscar ROTY (1846-1911) is by far the most famous French engraver in the world. Trained as a painter, he had an uneventful debut as an engraver, but by 1875 he won the Grand Prize at the Rome Competition. Thereafter, his skills were in high demand. Amongst his many distinctions, he was selected for Academy of Arts of Paris in 1888 and was awarded the dignity of Commandeur of the Legion d’Honneur in 1900. Many ascribe the resurgence of the Renaissance-era engraved rectangular plaquettes as objets d’art to Roty (he created several fantastic pieces). By far his most famous work is that of ‘Semeuse’, the woman sowing seeds who still appears on most official French coins. He was a leading creative visionary during his era and has influenced many engravers and artists ever since. --------------------------- 4. COMPOSITION : 965/1000 purity Silver --------------------------- 5. MINTMARK(S) : Paris Mint “cornucopia” + “ARGENT” (silver) --------------------------- 6. CONDITION : Almost Excellent – very light spotting and several miniscule nicks on the front --------------------------- 7. DIMENSIONS : 37 mm in diameter --------------------------- 8. WIDTH : 1.75 mm + 2 mm in relief --------------------------- 9. WEIGHT : 22 grams (does not include weight of packaging supplies). --------------------------- 10. POSTAGE : we only send packages First Class – the package is coming from FRANCE. The prices we quote below are ONLY for this one item. We DO combine multiple wins to lower your overall postage cost. But please remember that the postage cost is solely determined by weight. Thus, multiple items will have a greater overall postage cost. The French post office raised postal rates again as of 2 March 2009. It is starting to get complicated – but we will ALWAYS try to get you the lowest postage costs possible. Also, the US Dollar is still quite weak against the Euro, thus postal costs from us will reflect the relatively high exchange rate – there, of course, is nothing we can do about that. European Union and Switzerland: $2.00 Rest of the World (including US): $2.75 --------------------------- If you want your package sent Registered , that is an ADDITIONAL flat fee of $6.00 (prices went up) – this is independent of the First Class postage fee. If you want Registered, please let us know once we send you the initial invoice. eBay changed some rules, so we would need to send you a New Invoice with the additional $6.00 included in the postage price. You will be AUTOMATICALLY Insured for your entire amount. --------------------------- We guarantee to send your item within three business days following receipt of your payment. Most of our packages are received by the recipients in two weeks or less . But there are occasions when the postal system is slow and your package may take longer to be delivered. This, of course, is completely beyond our control . All we can ask is for you to be patient and accept our apologies for any inconvenience. Also note that if you have your package sent Registered , but it has not been delivered in what you believe is a reasonable timeframe, please contact us. We must mention though that France’s LaPoste can not start a search until 30 days after the package was sent. These are the rules and realities we must all accept. NE... read more

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