World Premiere!

[regandon]

WOW !! very nice design. 

[FilthyBroke]

WOW !! very nice design.

Thanks, Don!  I'm trying to find some info on the artist behind this one, L. Coudray.  Anyone have anything on him/her?

Funny thing is, when I first started collecting French jetons, I shyed away from this type of design.  Over time, the "soft" backgrounds grew on me, now I find them fascinating.  Coudray has a few beautiful jeton designs in additon to the medals that I've seen.

[Zantetsuken]

I finally got the medal that was ordered a good while back, but the seller was very good about it, so no complaints here, really.  It even came in a neat little velvet case, I didn't expect that.

Leave it to you to bring another beautiful item to the party. This ones absolutely gorgeous. Both sides have very eye catching detail and the semi-lusterous surface brings it out nicely. Thanks for sharing.

~Daniel

[FilthyBroke]

Thanks, Daniel!  I dug up a little info on the engraver --


Marie Alexandre Lucien Coudray -- Born in Paris, 21 Feb 1865, died in 1932.  He was a French medallist who trained in Paris at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts under Augustin-Alexandre Dumont, Gabriel-Jules Thomas, Henri-Emile Allouard and Hubert Ponscarme, winning the Prix de Rome for medal engraving in 1893. His "Orpheus at the Entrance to the Underworld" which was struck for the Exposition Universelle of 1900, was immensely popular and is to this day one of the best known of French Art Nouveau medals.

[Zohar444]

[FilthyBroke]

That has to be one of the most unique reverses I've seen so far. So much to see on this one, that helmeted lion is very cool!

[coinsarefun]

It is a beautiful piece Zohar!
Very elegant

[Zohar444]

Thanks guys. This is one of the scarcer pieces currently with the grading factory, NGC.

[coinsarefun]

Thanks guys. This is one of the scarcer pieces currently with the grading factory, NGC.

Let us know what that beauty grades

[Zantetsuken]

Talk about works of art. Absolutely stunning Zohar. I don't think you can get more detailed than that. Like 'FilthyBroke' said, the lion on the reverse is really cool. Thanks for posting this.

~Daniel