18 KARAT GOLD
42 mm x 60 mm PLAQUE
BY FAMED FRENCH DESIGNER RENE LALIQUE
COMMEMORATING THE CENTENIAL OF INDEPENDENCE OF THE REPUBLIC OF CHILE
OBV: ALLEGORICAL FEMALE FIGURE REPRESENTING THE REPUBLIC OF CHILE, FACING AND FULL STANDING ON A PEDESTAL AMIDST WHEAT AND FOLIAGE AND HOLDING A BRANCH OF CHILEAN MYRTLE; ANNIVERSARY DATES (1810, 1910) FLANKING DATE OF INDEPENDENCE (18 SEPTIEMBRE) TOP WITHIN PLAIN BORDERS; PEDESTAL BASE HAS THE LEGEND “REPUBLICA DE CHILE / PRIMER / CENTENARIO”; HALLMARKS LEFT BOTTOM BORDER, “R. LALIQUE” RIGHT BOTTOM BORDER.
REV: LANDSCAPE SCENE WITH THE ANDES MOUNTAINS IN BACKGROUND; CHILEAN NATIONAL ARMS WITH SUPPORTERS AT BOTTOM; DIAGONAL STAFF WITH RADIANT CHILEAN FLAG DIVIDES UPPER THIRD.
ITEMS BY RENÉ LALIQUE, FROM GLASS CRYSTAL AND JEWELRY TO MEDALS ARE HIGHLY PRIZED AND RARE, AND THE DESIGN FOR THIS GOLD PLAQUE CELEBRATING THE 100th ANNIVERSARY OF CHILEAN INDEPENDENCE HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS “ONE OF THE MOST EXCEPTIONAL AMONG ALL ART MEDALS”. THIS ISSUE WAS STRUCK IN BRONZE, SILVER AND GOLD, BUT THE REMAINING GOLD ISSUES ARE EXTREMELY RARE (ONLY ABOUT 10 KNOWN OUT OF 100 MINTED EST).
MEASURES 42 mm x 60 mm
96.3 GRAMS OF .750 FINE GOLD (2.3223 OZS AGW)
ESTIMATED 100 MINTED
