File:1786 Medal Commemorating the Mines at Allemont (40404917202).jpg

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This medal was commissioned by Louis XVI's brother, the Comte de Provence, to commemorate the opening of the gold mines near Allemont.

The medal depicts the Comte offering his brother, the King, a medal created using gold from the mine, which is shown in the background. Unfortunately, the mine was a bust and was shut down two years later. It cost 8,000 livres to create the medal, which was sarcastically said to be the value of all the gold extracted from the mine.

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I used two SB-700 flashes with shoot-through umbrella modifiers.
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Author Joe deSousa

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This image was originally posted to Flickr by Mustang Joe at https://flickr.com/photos/63234672@N04/40404917202 (archive). It was reviewed on 3 March 2019 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-zero.

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