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FRANCE, Commission internationale sur le système métrique et sa diffusion [Internation
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Chaplain, Jules-Clément (French, 1839-1909); b. Mortagne-au-Perche
FRANCE, Commission internationale sur le système métrique et sa diffusion [International Commission on the Metric System and its Diffusion], 1874 [struck 1875], a bronze medal by J.-C. Chaplain, seated female representing Science seated at front centre, surrounded by other robed females representing Europe, Asia and America, measuring instruments at sides, rev. legends, edge impressed cuivre and a bee, 100mm, 460.17g (Maier 64; Mazerolle 10; BDM 1, 402; Coll. R. Marx 180; cf. iNumis MBS 47, 1092). Extremely fine and very rare, a most handsome medal; in original fitted green gilt-blocked case of issue £240-£300
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Edition of 50. The Commission internationale du mètre was established in 1869 to determine a new standard metre. A competition to design a medal for the members of the Commission was held and Chaplain declared the victor in February 1873, winning 5,000 francs in the process. The dies, however, were not finished until 1875; 10 specimens were struck in silver and 50 in bronze, all of which were presented in leatherette cases
FRANCE, Commission internationale sur le système métrique et sa diffusion [International Commission on the Metric System and its Diffusion], 1874 [struck 1875], a bronze medal by J.-C. Chaplain, seated female representing Science seated at front centre, surrounded by other robed females representing Europe, Asia and America, measuring instruments at sides, rev. legends, edge impressed cuivre and a bee, 100mm, 460.17g (Maier 64; Mazerolle 10; BDM 1, 402; Coll. R. Marx 180; cf. iNumis MBS 47, 1092). Extremely fine and very rare, a most handsome medal; in original fitted green gilt-blocked case of issue £240-£300
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Edition of 50. The Commission internationale du mètre was established in 1869 to determine a new standard metre. A competition to design a medal for the members of the Commission was held and Chaplain declared the victor in February 1873, winning 5,000 francs in the process. The dies, however, were not finished until 1875; 10 specimens were struck in silver and 50 in bronze, all of which were presented in leatherette cases
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Chaplain, Jules-Clément (French, 1839-1909); b. Mortagne-au-Perche
FRANCE, Commission internationale sur le système métrique et sa diffusion [International Commission on the Metric System and its Diffusion], 1874 [struck 1875], a bronze medal by J.-C. Chaplain, seated female representing Science seated at front centre, surrounded by other robed females representing Europe, Asia and America, measuring instruments at sides, rev. legends, edge impressed cuivre and a bee, 100mm, 460.17g (Maier 64; Mazerolle 10; BDM 1, 402; Coll. R. Marx 180; cf. iNumis MBS 47, 1092). Extremely fine and very rare, a most handsome medal; in original fitted green gilt-blocked case of issue £240-£300
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Edition of 50. The Commission internationale du mètre was established in 1869 to determine a new standard metre. A competition to design a medal for the members of the Commission was held and Chaplain declared the victor in February 1873, winning 5,000 francs in the process. The dies, however, were not finished until 1875; 10 specimens were struck in silver and 50 in bronze, all of which were presented in leatherette cases
FRANCE, Commission internationale sur le système métrique et sa diffusion [International Commission on the Metric System and its Diffusion], 1874 [struck 1875], a bronze medal by J.-C. Chaplain, seated female representing Science seated at front centre, surrounded by other robed females representing Europe, Asia and America, measuring instruments at sides, rev. legends, edge impressed cuivre and a bee, 100mm, 460.17g (Maier 64; Mazerolle 10; BDM 1, 402; Coll. R. Marx 180; cf. iNumis MBS 47, 1092). Extremely fine and very rare, a most handsome medal; in original fitted green gilt-blocked case of issue £240-£300
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Edition of 50. The Commission internationale du mètre was established in 1869 to determine a new standard metre. A competition to design a medal for the members of the Commission was held and Chaplain declared the victor in February 1873, winning 5,000 francs in the process. The dies, however, were not finished until 1875; 10 specimens were struck in silver and 50 in bronze, all of which were presented in leatherette cases
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