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2004
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FRANCE - FRANCE
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2004
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FRANCE - FRANCE
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Estimate €1,500
Voluntary lot
Description
FRANCE - FRANCE
Third Republic (1870–1940). 20-franc Turin trial coin in cupronickel, tight ‘ESSAI’ inscription and edge with 159 grooves, Special Strike (SP) 1939, Paris.
Obverse: REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE. Laureate head of the Republic facing right, signed P. TURIN.
Reverse: 20 FRANCS (date) and LIBERTE EGALITE FRATERNITE between two ears of corn; with ‘ESSAI’ in the exergue.
GEM.200.11 - Maz.2555a v.; Copper-nickel - 16.91 g - 35 mm - 6 h
This is the second-highest grade!
PCGS SP64 (49960554).
Special Strike (SP). With a tight ‘ESSAI’ inscription and high weight. Edge with 159 grooves. Fingerprints on the obverse and slight smudges on the reverse. Very rare. Superb in Proof condition.
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