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Medals: 1792 French "Liberté Françoise" medal in Bell Metal, Choice Uncirculated. 38.5 mm

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Medals: 1792 French  Liberté Françoise  medal in Bell Metal, Choice Uncirculated.  38.5 mm
1792 French "Liberté Françoise" medal in Bell Metal, Choice Uncirculated. 38.5 mm (slightly larger than a U.S. Silver Dollar). Struck in 1792 from pure metal taken from a bell rung that year, the first year of the new French Republic. The obverse of this piece shows a head of Liberty with flowing hair and a slave cap atop a pole, all very similar to the obverse of the Libertas Americana medal and the designs on our own Liberty Cap Half Cents and Large Cents of 1793-1797. By Galle, whose name appears on the truncation. This is one of the nicest, cleanest examples we've ever had the pleasure of offering.