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2042
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FRANCE - FRANCE
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2042
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FRANCE - FRANCE
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Estimate €1,500
Voluntary lot
Description
FRANCE - FRANCE
Fourth Republic (1947–1958). Cochet 100-franc pre-series, not a trial strike, Special Strike (SP) 1950, Paris.
Obverse: REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE. Bust of Marianne wearing the cap of Liberty with a cockade, holding a torch alight in the wind. Signature ‘RC’ behind the nape of the neck.
Reverse: LIBERTE. EGALITE. FRATERNITE. A bouquet comprising three ears of corn and two olive branches on the right. On the left: 100 FRANCS (date); signature R. COCHET.
GEM.230.1 - G.891 (9 copies); Copper-nickel - 21 mm - 6 h
Top Pop: this is the finest graded specimen!
PCGS SP65 (42782102).
Special strike (SP) of 9 specimens! Without the word ‘ESSAI’, and the characters aligned on the rim. Blank in its struck condition, with iridescent highlights. Proof.
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