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The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876

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GALLIA. ET. AMERICA. FOEDERATA. (France and America allied.) France and America, personified as two female figures, standing, leaning on a column, on which is a bust of Mercury. France, beside whom is a shield bearing the three fleurs de lis, holds in her right hand a cornucopia, and America rests her left hand on the prow of a galley; on the face of the column is engraved: MDCCCXXII (1822). Exergue: NOVIS. COMMERCIORVM. PACTIS IVNCTAE (United by new treaties of commerce.) GAYRARD. F. (fecit).[110]

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