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FRANCE. 1820 AE Medal. PCGS SP65. By Barre. 50.6mm. 58.76gm. Winged Victory in quadriga over globe depicting Europe and Egypt / LES SOUSCRIPTEURS ASSOCIÉS POUR TRANSMETTRE A LA POSTÉRITÉ LES VICTOIRES ET CONQUÊTES DES FRANCAIS DE 1795 A 1815. ÉDITEUR C. L. F. PANCKOUCKE 1820. Legend in wreath of laurel and oak branches. Bramsen 1831; Slg. Julius 3685.

Struck for the subscribers to a work by C. L. F. Panckoucke, on the victories and conquests of Napoleon. Charles-Louis-Fleury Panckoucke, born on 26 Dec 1780 in Paris and died on 11 Jul 1844 in Meudon, was a French writer, printer, bookseller, and publisher. His most famous published work was that for which this medal was created, published in Paris in 1820.

Ex E. J. Haeberlin. Ernst Justus Haeberlin (born June 19, 1847 in Frankfurt, Germany, died December 5, 1925 ) was a lawyer and commercial councilor in Frankfurt am Main. However, Haeberlin became known primarily as a numismatist; In 1906 he was a co-founder of the Frankfurt Numismatic Society. His coin collection was dispersed after his death, with the Aes-Grave portion and other items entering the coin cabinet of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin .