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FRANCE - FRANCE
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1729
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FRANCE - FRANCE
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Estimate €2,000
Voluntary lot
Description
FRANCE - FRANCE
First Empire / Napoleon I (1804–1814). 5 francs ‘Empereur’, intermediate type, Year 12 (1804), D, Lyon.
Obverse: NAPOLEON – EMPEREUR. Bare head facing right, with the signature ‘TIOLIER’ below.
Reverse: RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE. Within a wreath formed of two branches: 5 FRANCS.; below (variant) AN (date) (mint).
G.579 - F.302; Silver - 37 mm - 6 h
This is the second-highest grade! From the R. Margolis collection, Stack’s Bowers auction, August 2024, Session E, lot 43364, and previously purchased from Jacques Schulman in Amsterdam on 10 October 1970.
PCGS XF45 (49615124).
Beautifully struck, with even wear, no major flaws, and a grey collector’s patina. TTB 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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