Paul Bosco Coins and Medals

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Inv. 2940. Barricades medal of 1830 featuring Lafayette. One of the medals of the street fighters in the July Revolution of 1830, which overthrew the Restoration monarchy of Charles X. This plain, white metal badge bears a legend “to the intrepid citizens of Paris, Barricades, 27, 28, 29 July”

White metal, 28 mm, looped. EF for this crude piece; it could not be much better (Stack’s: “uncirculated”). Fuld LA.1830.14. From the collection of Dr. George Fuld. From the Stack’s Philadelphia Americana Sale, 30 Sept. – 2 Oct. 2010, lot 5519.

$350

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Figure 1 Lafayette barricades medal       Figure 2 Lafayette barricades medal