antique or modern medal

Hello, i have bought this medal but afterwards i saw alot of them on the internet and you have good ones and cheap copy's old and modern ones. Which one is my medal. So is it old and what material is it because it has a high ringtone.It weighs 168 grams and measures 8 cm wide and 7 mm thick

 

Is it slightly magnetic?

 

it does not atract a magnet

 

From what I gather, the early ones were made of paramagnetic tin, and the modern ones were made of zinc.

 

oke, but do the tin or zinc ones have a high ring tone when you tap it. because mine has a high ring tone.

 

Is there edge printing?

 

what do you mean by that?

 

I have this medal:


It has edge printing that gives the date:

 

oke, no mine has no edge printing.

 

https://www.cgbfr.com/louis-xiv-le-...e-jean-baptiste-colbert-sup,fme_401210,a.html

https://lartdesgents.fr/medailles-a...connaissances-actuelles-par-m-bertonnier.html

 

yes there are lots of them around but you als have alot of restrikes.

 

From what I can glean, the oldest of these would not be antique. Bertonnier did not make it into Leonard Forrer's comprehensive Biographical Dictionary..., which collects medallists through the early years of the 20th century.

From the cgb site:

Ce genre de médaille semble relativement récent, mi XXe siècle ; ce serait en fait une médaille publicitaire pour la revue “Connaissances actuelles” offerte à ses clients en 1983 à l’occasion du tricentenaire de la mort de Colbert.

This type of medal seems relatively recent, mid-20th century; it would in fact be an advertising medal for the magazine “Connaissances nationaux” offered to its customers in 1983 on the occasion of the tercentenary of Colbert’s death.

For this particular medal?

 

Oke thanks for all the info. And yes there are restrikes of this medal or fake ones