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SECOND REPUBLIC 24 February 1848 - 2 December 1852
FRENCH RE…
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478
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SECOND REPUBLIC 24 February 1848 - 2 December 1852
FRENCH RE…
See original version (French)
Estimate €4,500 - €5,000
Voluntary lot
Description
SECOND REPUBLIC 24 February 1848 - 2 December 1852
FRENCH REPUBLIC. Head of the Republic wearing a helmet decorated with a rooster. Signed F. Alard.
R/. LIBERTÉ ÉGALITÉ FRATERNITÉ. Face value and date within a wreath of foliage.
♦ Gad 1036 ; Mazard 1237/R4
20 Francs 1848 gold assay by F. ALARD (6.44 g).
Superb specimen.
Competition of 1848. Thirty-two engravers competed for the creation of the new coinage of the
Republic, including Barre, Oudiné and Merley. From 1849 onwards, the types adopted were the head of the Republic crowned with ears of corn by Merley for gold and the type created by Oudiné for silver.
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