World Medals: Daniel-Dupuis, Jean-Baptiste (French, 1849-1899); b. Blois FRANCE, Cardinal Bonnechose, 1883, a bronze medal by J.-B. Daniel-Dupuis, draped bust right, rev. Papal arms, edge impressed bronze and cornucopia, 70mm, 165.64g (PBE 296; BDM I, 662). Tiny reverse rim bruise at 3 o’clock, otherwise very fine, very rare £80-£100 Provenance: Bt Münz Zentrum Rheinland January 2003. Henri-Marie-Gaston Boisnormand de Bonnechose (1800-83), the last surviving cardinal to have been born in the 18th century; attorney-general for Besançon, 1830; bishop of Carcasonne, 1847; archbishop of Rouen, 1854; created cardinal by Pope Pius IX December 1863