CAQUE, Armand Auguste (1793-1881) French engraver, medalist.
Correct form: Caqué, Armand Auguste
Born Saintes, France, 1793.
Employed at Hague Royal Mint 1817-1818. Appointed Chief
Engraver to Napoleon III 1858-1881.
Died 1881.
M E D A L S E R I E S
Series Numismatica Universalis (by Durand):
1818 Franklin (Benjamin) Medal (by Godel and Armand
Auguste Caqué) . . . . . . . . . .Freeman 185, Fuld FR.M.SE.1,
Storer 1937, Greenslet GM-42
Auctions:. .CAL 32:1568, CAL 35:2204-2205; PCA 56:1740
Collection: American Numismatic Society. . . . 1940.100.185
M E D A L S
1855 Napoleon and Medical Ship Sent to Norfolk Virginia
Medal (mercy ship sent after previous year when
French ship arrived in Portsmouth with yellow
fever onboard) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Storer 47501864 Jackson (Thomas J. Stonewall) Memorial Medal (struck
by Paris Mint; only medal officially issued by the
Confederate Government). . . . Bertram MBR 863W6-7901
Auctions: . . . . . . . . . CAL 29:370; J&J 12:287, J&J 22:797,
J&J 25:67, J&J 27:723; NAS 65:2184, NAS 72:457A;
PCA 48:179, PCA 50:101, PCA 52:101, PCA 54:160,
PCA 63:202, PCA 66:122, PCA 66:777, PCA 71:302-304,
PCA 72:299, PCA 73:192[hub], PCA 74:205,
PCA 75:124, PCA 82:65
Collection: American Numismatic Society . 0000.999.38681
Illustrated: M57 {2007} Jaeger-Bowers, 100 Greatest .#74
N U M I S M A T I C R E F E R E N C E S
O2 {1885} Hawkins, p 722 (states death in 1868).
E3 {1902-30} Forrer 1:342-344.
M10 {1923} Storer (Massachusetts) 1937, p 252.
M14 {1931} Storer (medical) 4750, p 635.
M21 {1964} Freeman, 185, p 91.
O9 {1977} Paris Mint Catalogue, 2:285, 3:70.
M45{1987} Eimer (Christopher) British Commemorative Medals and Their Values.
Second edition. London: Spink (2010) [2 items] p 303.
S55 {1993} Greenslet GM-42 [name misspelled], p 25.
M57{2007} Jaeger (Katherine) and Bowers (Q. David) 100 Greatest American Medals and Tokens. 1864 Stonewall Jackson Medal listed as #74, p 85.
Correct form: Caqué, Armand Auguste
Born Saintes, France, 1793.
Employed at Hague Royal Mint 1817-1818. Appointed Chief
Engraver to Napoleon III 1858-1881.
Died 1881.
M E D A L S E R I E S
Series Numismatica Universalis (by Durand):
1818 Franklin (Benjamin) Medal (by Godel and Armand
Auguste Caqué) . . . . . . . . . .Freeman 185, Fuld FR.M.SE.1,
Storer 1937, Greenslet GM-42
Auctions:. .CAL 32:1568, CAL 35:2204-2205; PCA 56:1740
Collection: American Numismatic Society. . . . 1940.100.185
M E D A L S
1855 Napoleon and Medical Ship Sent to Norfolk Virginia
Medal (mercy ship sent after previous year when
French ship arrived in Portsmouth with yellow
fever onboard) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Storer 47501864 Jackson (Thomas J. Stonewall) Memorial Medal (struck
by Paris Mint; only medal officially issued by the
Confederate Government). . . . Bertram MBR 863W6-7901
Auctions: . . . . . . . . . CAL 29:370; J&J 12:287, J&J 22:797,
J&J 25:67, J&J 27:723; NAS 65:2184, NAS 72:457A;
PCA 48:179, PCA 50:101, PCA 52:101, PCA 54:160,
PCA 63:202, PCA 66:122, PCA 66:777, PCA 71:302-304,
PCA 72:299, PCA 73:192[hub], PCA 74:205,
PCA 75:124, PCA 82:65
Collection: American Numismatic Society . 0000.999.38681
Illustrated: M57 {2007} Jaeger-Bowers, 100 Greatest .#74
N U M I S M A T I C R E F E R E N C E S
O2 {1885} Hawkins, p 722 (states death in 1868).
E3 {1902-30} Forrer 1:342-344.
M10 {1923} Storer (Massachusetts) 1937, p 252.
M14 {1931} Storer (medical) 4750, p 635.
M21 {1964} Freeman, 185, p 91.
O9 {1977} Paris Mint Catalogue, 2:285, 3:70.
M45{1987} Eimer (Christopher) British Commemorative Medals and Their Values.
Second edition. London: Spink (2010) [2 items] p 303.
S55 {1993} Greenslet GM-42 [name misspelled], p 25.
M57{2007} Jaeger (Katherine) and Bowers (Q. David) 100 Greatest American Medals and Tokens. 1864 Stonewall Jackson Medal listed as #74, p 85.