Summary

Portrait medal of Blaise Pascal (1623-1662) by Dubois. One of the Galerie Metallique des Grand Hommes Francais series. Minted in Paris, 1817.

Obverse Description

Bust facing right; around, BLAISE PASCAL; below in smaller lettering the artist's name, DUBOIS. F.

Reverse Description

Legend in eight lines: NE / A CLERMONT / EN M.DC.XXIII. / MORT / EN M.DC.LXII. / GALERIE METALLIQUE / DES GRAND HOMMES FRANCAIS. / 1817.

Edge Description

Plain

Significance

Pascal was a French mathematician, physicist, inventor of a calculating machine, writer and later in life a Christian philosopher.

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