MDC Monnaies de Collection
1435
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FRANCE / CAPETIANS – FRANCE / ROYAL
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1435
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FRANCE / CAPETIANS – FRANCE / ROYAL
See original version (French)
Estimate €200
Voluntary lot
Description
FRANCE / CAPETIANS – FRANCE / ROYAL
Constitution (1791–1792). Design by Mercié, Mathieu and Mouterde, undated (c. 1791), Lyon.
Obverse: A lion emerging from the left, leaning on a shield inscribed with ‘LA LOI’; outer ring of ridges.
Reverse. Inscriptions in seven lines in the field: PURE / MATIÈRE DE / CLOCHE, FRAPÉE / PAR MERCIÉ, MATHIEU ET / MOUTERDE, / A LYON.
Maz.189 (Constitution) – VG.335 (Convention, Year I); Bell metal – 17.8 g – 31.5 mm – 12 o’clock
Top Pop: this is the finest graded specimen!
PCGS MS61 (58336871).
Undated, this trial coin appears to date from Year I and forms part of a series dated 1791 and early 1792. Beautifully struck, with a brown patina. Superb in Proof condition.
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