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1889
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FRANCE - FRANCE
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1889
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FRANCE - FRANCE
See original version (French)
Estimate €1,000
Voluntary lot
Description
FRANCE - FRANCE
Second Empire / Napoleon III (1852–1870). Trial strike of a one-centime coin with bare head on a mild steel (or iron) blank, 1853, B, Rouen.
Obverse: NAPOLEON III EMPEREUR / (variant) (date) (variant). Bare head facing left, with the signature ‘BARRE’ below.
Rev. EMPIRE FRANÇAIS / * UN CENTIME *. Eagle with outspread wings, head to the right, on a thunderbolt; below (mint mark).
G.86 (silver?) – Maz.1726e – VG.3364; Steel – 15 mm – 6 h
Top Pop: this is the only graded specimen! With an old collector’s label.
NGC MS 63 (6979009-014).
Struck on a magnetic blank of iron or mild steel. The strike is somewhat weak on the high reliefs, which are poorly defined. A few spots of rust corrosion. Very rare. Superb in Proof condition.
* 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 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 on 1 January 2025, successful bidders from within the EU will also be required to pay 5.5% VAT on this lot.
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