FRANCE - USA Copper fragment of the Statue of Liberty. Copper bar inscribed: FRAGMENT DE CUIVRÉ DE LA STATUE COLOSSALE DE LA LIBERTÉ EXÉCUTÉE PAR A. BARTHOLDI 1875-1883 - SOUVENIR D'UNE VISITE AUX TRAVAUX. On the left, a coat of arms with the monogram of Auguste Bartholdi. - CU (g 57.16 - 91 x 25 mm) The Statue of Liberty, designed and built by Auguste Bartholdi on a metal structure by Gustave Eiffel, was fabricated in Paris and then transported in pieces to New York. It was then reassembled in its final location and inaugurated on October 28, 1886. This copper fragment is from the Paris atelier and was probably presented by Bartholdi in 1883, the date given on the object