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1808 NGC MS 61 France Pauline 3 Graces Silver Napoleon Sister Medal (23082201C)
- Mint State Uncirculated France silver medal.
- Medal struck for Napoleon's sister, Pauline Bonaparte with three graces reverse.
- Authorized by Napoleon I, dated 1808, struck at the Paris Mint.
- Obverse: Head of Princess Pauline left: ΠΑΥΛΙΝΑ ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΥ ΑΔΕΛΦΗ (Paulina Sevasti Sister), AN (Andrieu) monogram below.
- Reverse: Three Graces standing: ΗΜΩΝ ΚΑΛΗ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΕ (Our Good Rule).
- Pauline Bonaparte (1780-1825) was the second daughter of Charles-Marie Bonaparte and Maria Letizia-Ramolino and sister of Napoleon Bonaparte.
- The three Graces: Aglaia (Brightness), Euphrosyne (Joyfulness), and Thalia (Bloom).
- Silver, 23mm, 6.84g.
- Catalog: Bramsen-770.
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Certified by NGC to MS 61 (note: label has BN in error).
- Cornucopia edge mark denotes that this is a restrike issue.
- Very scarce in silver.