Question about a "Medal Refrappe Monnaie de Paris Bronze" on Ebay...

Longacre

Hopefully this is the right forum for this question. I was looking at Ebay, and this item caught my eye for some reason. My French is a little rusty, but I was able to find out that "refrappe" means restrike. Does anyone know if this medal is some souvenier/token/dime store item, or is it truly a medal of a French Mint? Any thoughts would be appreciated. I just seem to like the design, and given the dirt cheap price, I assume that it is a knock-off, rather than something genuine. What do you think?


Ebay link

ormandh

It looks like a fake to me. -Dan

MrEureka

"Restrike" is probably not quite accurate. My guess - not being an expert on medals - is that these pieces were struck from new (copy) dies at the Paris Mint, sometime in the past 100 years. And maybe yesterday, for all I know.

theboz11

Looks like a restrike, Check with the seller about edge marks for mint id and possible strike date.

Stork

Monnaie de Paris

Probably from this grouping at some point.


More extensive listings I don't see what I was looking at another time, but as I recall some of these are famous medals and have been seen on ebay without noting the more modern strikings.


Cathy

edited to add: yet another link This is another example of a classic medal, in the new blue box...

I actually own one of the 'new' versions of the Aviation (storks on the reverse) medal which I bought directly from the Paris mint. So if you see anything they have, bid accordingly on ebay, or go directly to the source.

rwyarmch

Here's a couple of links regarding the dating of Paris Mint restrikes.

Paris mint edge markiings

Paris mint