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MARTIN LUTHER KING NOBEL PEACE PRIZE RARE PARIS MINT FRENCH SILVER MEDAL
MARTIN LUTHER KING NOBEL PEACE PRIZE RARE PARIS MINT FRENCH SILVER MEDAL
MARTIN LUTHER KING NOBEL PEACE PRIZE RARE PARIS MINT FRENCH SILVER MEDAL
MARTIN LUTHER KING NOBEL PEACE PRIZE RARE PARIS MINT FRENCH SILVER MEDAL

MARTIN LUTHER KING NOBEL PEACE PRIZE RARE PARIS MINT FRENCH SILVER MEDAL

$ 81.84

Availability: 62 in stock
  • Brand: PARIS MINT
  • Composition: Silver
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: France
  • Modified Item: No
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back
  • Restocking Fee: No
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Item must be returned within: 14 Days
  • Circulated/Uncirculated: Circulated
  • Condition: see pictures, very fine condition. A rare find in silver.
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
  • Type: Medal

    Description

    Rare medal coined by the Paris Mint to commemorate
    Martin Luther King, American Baptist minister and activist who became the most visible spokesman and leader in the American civil rights movement. This silver medal was coined in France one year before his assassination.
    Obverse
    :
    bust of Martin Luther King signed by Marcel Courbier
    Reverse
    : "prix nobel de la paix"
    Diameter
    : 68 mm or 2 1/3  inches
    Weight
    : 183 grams or 6,5 ounces
    Metal
    : 925/1000 solid silver
    Edge marks
    : cornucopia, 1967, "1ARGENT"
    Marcel Courbier (1898 - 1976) is a French sculptor.
    Student of sculptors Jules Coutan and Félix Charpentier. He received several medals in his career including a gold medal at the 1937 Universal Exhibition in Paris.
    After World War II, his work as a monumental sculptor continued. Close to Jean Moulin, the artist is called upon to create several monuments in homage to the resistant. In 1969, the Forces Françaises Combattantes commissioned a large bronze monument from Salon-de-Provence. He also sculpts the profile of Jean Moulin, which will be published in the form of medals by the Monnaie de Paris.