MDC Monnaies de Collection
1504
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FRANCE - FRANCE
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1504
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FRANCE - FRANCE
See original version (French)
Estimate €150
Voluntary lot
Description
FRANCE - FRANCE
Consulate (1799–1804). An attempt by Gengembre to improve the coins, bearing the effigy of Lavoisier, Year 9 (1801), Paris.
Obverse: ANT. LAUR. LAVOISIER. Bareheaded head of Lavoisier facing right, signed ANDRIEU. F. on the edge of the neck.
Reverse. Centred, in six lines: L'AN 9 / PH. GENGEMBRE / ESSAYAIT DE / PERFECTIONNER / LES / MONNAIES.
Maz.617 v. (edge) - VG.906; Bronze – 8.97 g – 25.2 mm – 6 h
Top Pop: this is the finest graded specimen (PCGS Maz-614c Year 8)!
PCGS MS64BN (58336848).
With the edge inscribed in intaglio: * TO THE FATHERLAND * TO THE SCIENCES. Rare with the Year 9 reverse. With a brown patina and traces of the original red colour around the reliefs. Superb in Proof condition.
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