339 - SET OF 11 COINS AND MEDALS

SET OF 11 COINS AND MEDALS A mixed collection from various sources, including: - The "5 FRANCS RF" with a loop, a nickel Lavrillier franc coin dated 1946, converted into a pendant with a soldered ring. - The gold-plated “RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE” coin featuring a head crowned with ears of wheat—a female profile adorned with ears of wheat—in the Ceres/Third Republic style; a commemorative medal made of gold-plated metal. - The silver-plated “RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE” coin featuring a radiant head, signed “BARRE,” corresponding to the work of one of the members of the Barre family (Jean-Jacques Barre or Albert-Désiré Barre), renowned chief engravers at the Monnaie de Paris in the 19th century and creators of numerous French coin designs. - The two “MAROC 5 FRANCS” coins featuring a geometric design of stars and Arabic calligraphy, coins of the Cherifian Empire under French protectorate (1912–1956), struck in Paris but in the name of the Sultan. - The coin bearing the Seal of Solomon (a five-pointed star), also Moroccan, from the same period. - “BUONO DA L. 1” (“Good for 1 Lira”), typical of Italian colonial token currency (Italian Somalia, Eritrea, or Italian East Africa, Fascist period, 1920s–1940s). - “O. A. CZESTOCHOWA.. ORA PRO NOBIS”: a medal of the Black Madonna of Częstochowa, a highly venerated Polish Marian shrine; a Polish Catholic pilgrimage pendant. - The small oval pendant with a Greek inscription and the Virgin and Child, a Greek Orthodox medal (probably “Theotokos,” Mother of God).