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1703
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FRANCE - FRANCE
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1703
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FRANCE - FRANCE
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Estimate €3,000
Voluntary lot
Description
FRANCE - FRANCE
Convention (1792–1795). Trial coin or prototype of the FRANÇOISE weight standard, embossed signature, Special Strike (SP) 1793 – Year II, A, Paris.
Obverse: REPUBLIQUE FRANÇOISE / L’AN (date). Inscription: ‘LES HOMMES SONT EGAUX DEVANT LA LOI’ and the signature ‘Dupré’ in relief, beneath a radiant eye, between a bunch of grapes and ears of wheat.
Reverse: LIBERTE EGALITE. The pan of a set of scales surmounted by a cap of liberty, on which is a crown with, in the centre: 1 S.; below: (mint) and (varying) (date) (varying).
G.19 v. – Maz.291 – VG.414; Bronze – 11.27 g – 28.5 mm – 6 h
From the collection of King Farouk of Egypt, Sotheby’s sale, February 1954, no. 2175 (lot), and from the R. Margolis collection, Stack’s Bowers sale, August 2024, Session E, no. 43186.
PCGS SP Genuine Cleaned-UNC Detail (re-struck) (56278430).
Cursive and embossed Dupré signature. Light-coloured metal (later strike?). The fields show hairline scratches and traces of patina. Superb in mint condition.
* Pursuant to Council Directive (EU) 2022/542 of 5 April 2022, implemented in national law from 1 January 2025, buyers from within the EU are required to pay 5.5% VAT on the hammer price of this lot.
* Pursuant to Council Directive (EU) 2022/542 of 5 April 2022, which comes into force in national law on 1 January 2025, the successful bidder from the EU must also pay 5.5% VAT on this lot
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