Unique PCGS-Certified 1864 Notre-Dame Medal To Help Raise Funds for Cathedral’s Restoration
HeatherBoyd
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The upcoming sale of a unique 1864 gold medal commemorating the 19th-century reconstruction of Notre-Dame will help finance the 21st-century restoration of the grand Parisian cathedral following a devastating 2019 blaze. The gold medal, measuring an enormous 71-millimeters wide and tipping the scales at 280.70 grams, was encapsulated by PCGS and graded SP63. It will cross the block at a Numismatica Genevensis SA (NGSA) auction in Geneva, Switzerland, to be held November 18-19, 2019.
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Heather Boyd
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Wow....over nine troy ounces...... That will be an expensive bauble....Cheers, RickO
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I suspect that beauty will go to someone who wants to make a significant contribution to the restoration and have a little fun in doing so. Suspect it will go well beyond it's "worth".
The rebuilding is said to, in all likelihood, cost upwards of a billion dollars. They've already raised pledges totaling 790 million.......That's quite impressive already.