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2005
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FRANCE - FRANCE
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2005
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FRANCE - FRANCE
See original version (French)
Estimate €1,500
Voluntary lot
Description
FRANCE - FRANCE
Third Republic (1870–1940). 20-franc Turin trial coin in cupronickel, fluted edge with 161 flutes, Special Strike (SP) 1939, Paris.
Obverse: REPUBLIQUE - FRANÇAISE. Head of the Republic facing right, wearing the cap of Liberty and a laurel wreath; below, the signature P. TURIN.
Reverse: 20 FRANCS (variant) (date) (variant) and LIBERTE EGALITE FRATERNITE between two ears of corn; in the exergue ESSAI.
GEM.200.12 - Maz.- cf.2557; Copper-nickel - 35 mm - 6 h
Top Pop (2): this is the finest graded specimen!
PCGS SP66 (37874406).
Special strike (SP), with ‘ESSAI’ tightly set and a rim with 161 grooves. With a delicate patina. Proof.
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