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© Albator (CC BY-NC-SA)
Urbain Le Verrier, Fondateur de la Météorologie moderne
1957 year| Bronze | 80 g | 54 mm |
| Location | France |
|---|---|
| Period | Fourth Republic (1946-1958) |
| Type | Commemorative medals › Personality medals |
| Year | 1957 |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Weight | 80 g |
| Diameter | 54 mm |
| Thickness | 4 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Updated | 2024-11-12 |
| Numista | N#336968 |
|---|---|
| Rarity index | 97% |
Reverse
A face in the sky symbolizing the Sun, shining over the globe with clouds all around.
Lettering: Anépigraphe
Edge
Inscribed with hallmark.
Lettering: BRONZE J. TURQUOIS 1957
Comment
Urbain Le Verrier, born in Saint-Lô on March 11, 1811, died in Paris on September 23, 1877, was a French astronomer and mathematician specializing in celestial mechanics, discoverer of the planet Neptune in 1846 and founder of modern French meteorology.Wikipedia = https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urbain_Le_Verrier
