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1905 Panama Canal Medal, Phlippe Bunau-Varilla


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France, 1905. Panama Canal Medal, Phlippe Bunau-Varilla Plaquette, 1905, 76.2 x 61.1 mm, silver, weight 201.3 grams (over 6 ounces), extremely fine, few minor bumps.  By Jules Clement Chaplain, struck at Paris Mint, argent & cornucopia hallmark on edge.  Obverse shows Phlippe Bunau-Varilla in the uniform of the Legion d'Honneur, facing left.  Hay-Bunau Varilla Treaty signed Nov. 18, 1903.  Reverse shows a female angel holding a wreath & ship over a map of the proposed route of the Panama Canal.   Bunau-Varilla was the French engineer engaged in early endeavors to construct a Panama Canal (1884-89, 1894).  He was minister from the new Republic of Panama to the U.S. (1903), negotiated the treaty by which the U.S. Acquired control of the Canal Zone.  I know of two additional silver medals, both in a fitted case, one of which will be listed here in the future.  A similar plaquette in bronze in a fitted case was sold by Stack's Americana Auction January 12-14, 2009, lot 5744, sold for $690.   A similar larger bronze plaquette 120 x 95 mm was sold on ebay May 19, 2005 for $1077.  In another auction iNumis 5-26-11, lot 309 listed a 120 mm struck in bronze argente, and realized 3000 EUR ($4221 at time of auction), not including the buyers fee. Click onto the medal and an additonal photo comes up showing the original auction catalog listing from the 1980 Johnson & Jensen Auction.

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  • Johnson & Jensen Auction; September 28, 1980, Sale #8, lot #644

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