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From: "Jean ELSEN s.a." <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Sat, 18 Oct 1997 17:31:57 +0100
Subject: JEAN ELSEN s.a.
 
                                        JEAN ELSEN s.a. -  Numismatists
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                                        Collection : The bee and the hive
                                        in numismatics
 
Dear Sir,
 
We  have the pleasure to announce you that we will present Jean Nivaille's
collection in our 52th auction planned on 13th December 1997.
 
Jean Nivaille's collection was elaborated during several decades and is
composed by most than thousand coins and medals, from the antiquity till
today. This collection is the most important one in the world focused on
the bee and the hive in numismatics.
 
An important number of lots that constitute this collection come from the
famous Spiegel's collection, sold in Köln in Germany in 1980.
 
The collection contains numerous rarities, especially in the Ancient Greek
coins. The bee was the symbol of the Greek city of Ephesius. During the
Modern Times, coins and medals were strucked in the name of pope Urbanus
VIII (1623-1644) with the bees of his coat of arms.
 
Symbols of prosperity, work and industry, the bee and the hive figure on  a
lot of medals strucked from the Renaisance: peace medals, wedding medals...
The bees were also selected as the emblem of the secretaries of the king in
France.
 
Of course, the collection contains also impressive worldwide series of
medals of societies of beekeepers.
 
The catalogue will be presented on-line with pictures on our website at
http://www.elsen.be
 
We would be pleased  to send a free hard copy of the catalogue to any
interested person. May we ask you to contact us if you are interested in at
the following address: [log in to unmask]
 
Yours sincerely
 
Jean Elsen s.a.
 
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