. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. rig. 16.—French Reiu ui ic. ;oleon First Consul, obverse of pattern, 40 francs, year XI [1803] ^- (Div. of Niimismaiics photo) three-quarter profile, a challenge to every artist as far back as the master engravers of ancietit Greece, found a happy solution in this [jattern. InefTective for any actual coinage, where daily wear in a short time would deface the luiprotected high points of the featmes, this pattern, nevertheless, is an interesting experiment in modern coin engraving. " Cj\7, vol. 5, p. 428, coin 88; Pacini, Monele ita
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. rig. 16.—French Reiu ui ic. ;oleon First Consul, obverse of pattern, 40 francs, year XI [1803] ^- (Div. of Niimismaiics photo) three-quarter profile, a challenge to every artist as far back as the master engravers of ancietit Greece, found a happy solution in this [jattern. InefTective for any actual coinage, where daily wear in a short time would deface the luiprotected high points of the featmes, this pattern, nevertheless, is an interesting experiment in modern coin engraving. " Cj\7, vol. 5, p. 428, coin 88; Pacini, Monele italiane, coin 180; CoMANDiNi, VItalia nei cenlo anni, vol. 1, p. 603; Car- BONERI, p. 118. 3- Pagani, Prove e fnogelti, coin 419. '^ CNI, vol. 3, p. 506, coin 1; Pacini, Prove e progelli, coin 424; RiNALDi, coin 110. But \'assallo's real test lay in another coin pattern, this time in the name of Napoleon's opponent, Francis I of Austria. The pattern for the 6-lire piece, 1816, for Lombardy and Venice (fig. 18) is positive. Fig. 17.—Genoa as part of the French Empire, Napoleon I, pattern 100 francs, 1807 '3 (Photo courtesy .American Numismatic .Society). Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States National Museum; Smithsonian Institution; United States. Dept. of the Interior. Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc. ]; for sale by the Supt. of Docs. , U. S. Govt Print. Off.
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