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1976
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FRANCE - FRANCE
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1976
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FRANCE - FRANCE
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Estimate €3,000
Voluntary lot
Description
FRANCE - FRANCE
Third Republic (1870–1940). 100-franc ‘Genius’ bronze-aluminium trial coin, 1914, A, Paris.
Obverse: RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE. Winged Genius of the Republic standing facing right, engraving the word CONSTITUTION on a tablet, flanked by a fasces on the left and a cockerel on the right; in the exergue: signatures A.B. and Dupré; ‘ESSAI’ engraved below the cockerel.
Reverse: LIBERTÉ ÉGALITÉ FRATERNITÉ. Within an oak wreath, (denomination) and (date) in the centre, with (mint mark) below.
GEM.278.3 - Maz.2113; Aluminium-bronze – 14 g – 35 mm – 6 h
This is the second-highest grade!
NGC MS 63 (5783313-014).
Deep-relief proof. Beautiful golden colour of the bronze-aluminium, covered with a brown patina on the fields. Superb in mint condition.
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