(1850) Andreas Vesalius, Founder of Modern Anatomy (Belgium) A.C. Jouvenel 46mm/Bronze ~ AU T-71 these coins aren't the MS

these coins aren't the MS 69/MS 70s you typically see with China Pandas

Paper was obtained from several North Carolina mills

This specimen was awarded to the American Tool & Machine Co

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(1850) Andreas Vesalius, Founder of Modern Anatomy (Belgium) A.C. Jouvenel 46mm/Bronze ~ AU T-71 these coins aren't the MSSubject: Famous Belgians Andreas Vesalius, Founder of Modern Anatomy (1514 1564) Medalist: Adolphe Christian Jouvenel (1798 1867) This is a lovely ultra high relief obverse 46mm bronze medal which was part of Jouvenel's Famous Belgians series struck and distributed in the late 1840s and early 1850s. A terrific gift for any doctor or student of medicine. Vesalius was a 16th Century physician, anatomist, and author of De humani corpois fabrica (On the