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FRANCE - FRANCE
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1720
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FRANCE - FRANCE
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Estimate €800
Voluntary lot
Description
FRANCE - FRANCE
Consulate (1799–1804). 5 francs Bonaparte, Year 12 (1804), D, Lyon.
Obverse: BONAPARTE – FIRST CONSUL. Bare head facing right, with the signature ‘Tiolier’ below.
Reverse: FRENCH REPUBLIC. Within a wreath formed of two branches: 5 FRANCS.; below (variant) AN (date) (mint).
G.577 - F.301; Silver - 24.89 g - 38.5 mm - 6 h
From the Richard Margolis collection, Stack’s Bowers auction, September 2025, lot no. 71223, and previously from a Superior Galleries auction, 1 and 2 December 1990, lot no. 1275, and originally from the collection of King Farouk of Egypt, Sotheby’s sale, February 1954, lot no. 2132 (lot).
PCGS Genuine Cleaned-AU Detail (56278542).
With a wide, slightly oblong flan. Wear is moderate and even, particularly on the high reliefs of the reverse. With a grey patina forming, slightly uneven. Very Good to Superb.
* Pursuant to Council Directive (EU) 2022/542 of 5 April 2022, which comes into force in national law on 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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