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Jacques Cartier 400th anniversary commemorative medal [object]

Hierarchical level:

Item

Date:

1975-2000.

Reference:

R10869-0-9-E

Type of material:

Objects (including medals and pins)

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

204764

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Jacques Cartier 400th anniversary commemorative medal
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Record information – Details
Date(s):

1975-2000.

Place of creation:

France

Extent:

1 medal : bronze, cast ; 68mm (diam.).

Language of material:

English

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Object is a bronze medal, recast (between 1975 and 2000) from the original mould, by the French Government numismatic agency "Monnaie de Paris" and commemorating the 400th anniversary of the discovery of Canada by the French explorer, Jacques Cartier (1491-1557). The medal was designed and sculpted by the French medallic artist Pierre Charles Lenoir (1879-1953) and first issued for the 1934 commemorative events in France pertaining to the explorer's historic voyage. The obverse of the medal depicts a head and shoulders portrait of Jacques Cartier, facing the viewer's right, contained by the inscription "JACQUES CARTIER 1491-1557" and bearing the signature "P.Lenoir" above the subject's right shoulder. The reverse of the medal shows the Coat of Arms of Canada contained by the inscription "L'AN 1534 JACQUES CARTIER ABORDE AU CANADA". The edge contains a tiny punch mark followed by the word "BRONZE". The medal is housed in a cobalt-blue cardboard container of recent manufacture bearing the inscription "MONNAIE DE PARIS" on the cover.

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Pierre Charles Lenoir, 1879-1953
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Artist: Lenoir, Pierre-Charles, 1879-1953

Copyright holder: Monnaie de Paris
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Signatures and inscriptions note:

Inscribed. Signed., Inscription: obverse (circumscription): JACQUES CARTIER 1491-1557 / (other inscription, l.l., of portrait): P. LENOIR; reverse (circumscription): L'AN 1534 JACQUES CARTIER ABORDE AU CANADA; edge: mark BRONZE; attachment: no attachment

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Private

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2003-00310-X
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Item no. assigned by LAC [R10869] 1

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Copyright: Monnaie de Paris.
Credit: Library and Archives Canada, R10869-1.

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Date modified:: 2024-06-27