Napoleon III copper Specimen "Palace of Industry" Medal 1855 SP64 Brown PCGS, Divo-236. 36.6mm. 23.55gm. Bust left / View of Place of Industry. Housed in an oversized holder. The Palais de l'Industrie (Palace of Industry) was an exhibition hall located between the Seine River and the Champs-Élysées. It was erected for the Paris World Fair in 1855. An earlier building on the site with this name was erected in 1839 and was replaced for subsequent exhibitions in 1844 and 1849. The 1855 building was mainly designed by the architect Jean-Marie-Victor Viel and the engineer Alexis Barrault. It was destroyed in 1897 to make way for the Grand Palais of the World Fair in 1900.

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