Paris mint restrike ca 1930s 150grs approx, in bronze, in very fine condition as scanned, rim nicks, edge marked bronze with horn (Paris mint).

The church of the Val-de-Grce was built by order of Queen Anne of Austria, wife of Louis XIII. After the birth of her son Louis XIV, Anne (previously childless after 23 years of marriage) showed her gratitude to the Virgin Mary by building a church on the land of a Benedictine convent. Louis XIV himself is said to have laid the cornerstone for the Val-de-Grce in a ceremony that took place April 1, 1645, when he was seven years old.

Reference : see CGMP p132 Vol1 (Collection des Mdailles Historiques).

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