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423, Lot: 512. Estimate $100.
Sold for $110. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE, Deuxième République. 1848-1852. Cast Tin Medal (39mm, 12.81 g, 12h). Commemorating Eugénie Niboyet (1796-1883) and the Lifting of Restrictions Regarding Feminist Clubs. Dated 1848. LIBERTÉ (star) ÉGALITÉ (star) FRATERNITÉ, three skull-and-crossbones, exclamation points flanking central one; CLUB DES FEMMES/PRESIDENCE/DE MADE NIBOYET/JOURNAL LA VOIX DES/FEMMES in five lines above; ET TOI/SOLEIL DE JUILLET 1848/TU NE T’ES PAS VOILÉ in two lines below / LES PAUVRES FEMMES · NOTRE JE REPUBLIQUE LEUR INTERDIT LES CLUBS, woman standing facing; N’ONT DONC NI AME NI CAPACITE/POLITIQUE!/ADIEU MES AMOURS in three lines above; LE CONCILE DE/MÂCON/LES EXCLUT DU PARADIS in three lines below. Collignon 1138. Good VF.


Purchased from Simmons Gallery, 15 November 2005.