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mamieopamamieopa Posts: 94 ✭✭✭
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Here is a Lafayette medal struck in 1824 when he visited the US on invitation of President James Monroe. Bronze, about 48 mm, VF, R 1.

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    SonorandesertratSonorandesertrat Posts: 5,695 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Check out the September 1957 issue of The Numismatist--it is devoted to numismatics associated with General Lafayette.

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    50cCOMMEMGUY50cCOMMEMGUY Posts: 211 ✭✭✭

    Lafayette was a pretty cool dude with swagger. His life was, and still is, interesting.

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    cardinalcardinal Posts: 2,005 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @mamieopa said:
    Here is a Lafayette medal struck in 1824 when he visited the US on invitation of President James Monroe. Bronze, about 48 mm, VF, R 1.

    Welcome to the Forum!

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    kazkaz Posts: 9,386 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nice medal, I've never seen one of those before. Welcome to the forum :)

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    johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 34,391 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Welcome to the forum. Nice medal

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    ZoinsZoins Posts: 34,489 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited March 22, 2020 2:43PM

    Nice medal. I was able to find some info on this online. It was struck to commemorate Lafayette's return visit to America in 1824, which makes sense since it is in English.

    • Medallist: François Augustin Caunois (French, 1787–1859).
    • Catalog Numbers: Callignon-412, Oliver-35.

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    Namvet69Namvet69 Posts: 9,426 ✭✭✭✭✭

    A true ally and military leader. Nice medal, thanks for sharing. Peace Roy

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    JustacommemanJustacommeman Posts: 22,852 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Lafayette was one of the best dudes to walk the planet the past couple hundred years. A person you want on your side

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    rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @mamieopa ...Welcome aboard....Lafayette was indeed a cool dude, and America owes a lot to his abilities and alliance. Even a street named after him in this village I live in....Yes, it is a very old village and history rich. Cheers, RickO

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    BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭

    A common French struck medal by medalist François Augustin Caunois.

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    mamieopamamieopa Posts: 94 ✭✭✭

    @Broadstruck said:
    A common French struck medal by medalist François Augustin Caunois.

    I put this medal on the site , thinking that it might be of interest for some people of the community. You call it common, but most of the french traders rate it R or R 1.

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    BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @mamieopa said:

    @Broadstruck said:
    A common French struck medal by medalist François Augustin Caunois.

    I put this medal on the site , thinking that it might be of interest for some people of the community. You call it common, but most of the french traders rate it R or R 1.

    R-1 is the lowest on all Rarity Scales which is typical for a common item.

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    mamieopamamieopa Posts: 94 ✭✭✭

    @Broadstruck said:

    @mamieopa said:

    @Broadstruck said:
    A common French struck medal by medalist François Augustin Caunois.

    I put this medal on the site , thinking that it might be of interest for some people of the community. You call it common, but most of the french traders rate it R or R 1.

    R-1 is the lowest on all Rarity Scales which is typical for a common item.

    German origin, I am living in France, married since 1966 to a Breton. She is always right, even when she is wrong.
    Here is a Lafayette token, the genuine is very rare, the mine is a more common restrike.

    Just know that French and US rating practices are different. Try to get a look on a French auction's catalog; rare items get a rating R, more common items don't get ratings.
    When I put R1 for the Lafayette medal (not the token), I used the CGB and iNumis ratings as I found them in their Auction catalogs (I trade with them from time to time and get their catalogs). For myself, I do not pay much attention to ratings, I like and collect historic items, even if they are of little value.

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    BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Your Rambert Dumarest medalist restrike instead of the blonde bronze finish shown also was issued in a darker pre-patina aged finish.

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    mamieopamamieopa Posts: 94 ✭✭✭

    @Broadstruck said:
    Your Rambert Dumarest medalist restrike instead of the blonde bronze finish shown also was issued in a darker pre-patina aged finish.

    I think the mine is more recent than the brown bronze strikes.

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