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FRANCE - FRANCE
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1704
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FRANCE - FRANCE
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Estimate €1,500
Voluntary lot
Description
FRANCE - FRANCE
Convention (1792–1795). Coin struck to the FRANÇOISE standard, minted on an iron blank in 1793, BB, Strasbourg.
Obverse: REPUBLIQUE FRANÇOISE / L’AN (date). Inscription: ‘LES HOMMES SONT EGAUX DEVANT LA LOI’ and the signature ‘Dupré’, beneath a radiant eye and between a bunch of grapes and ears of corn.
Reverse: LIBERTE EGALITE / (date). The beam of a set of scales surmounted by a cap of liberty, upon which is a crown with, in the centre: 1. S; below (mint mark).
G.19 v.; Iron – 13.3 g – 29.5 mm – 6 h
From the R. Margolis collection, Stack’s Bowers auction, August 2024, Session E, lot 43190, purchased from Kagin’s Numismatic Investments [Ingrid Smith] at the NYINC on 13 December 1980.
PCGS Genuine Environmental Damage-XF Detail (56278431).
Extremely rare variety on an iron blank! The blank is slightly cracked, with corrosion marks that have been lightly scraped away. TTB.
* Pursuant to Council Directive (EU) 2022/542 of 5 April 2022, implemented in national law from 1 January 2025, buyers from within the EU must 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 from 1 January 2025, the successful bidder from the EU must also pay 5.5% VAT on this lot
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