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2053
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FRANCE - FRANCE
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2053
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FRANCE - FRANCE
See original version (French)
Estimate €2,000
Voluntary lot
Description
FRANCE - FRANCE
Fifth Republic (1958 to the present). Pre-series 5-franc ‘Semeuse’ nickel coin, fluted edge, 1960 (1967), Paris.
Obverse: REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE. The Sower facing left, with the rising sun, walking and sowing against the wind; signed O. ROTY.
Reverse: LIBERTE. EGALITE. FRATERNITE. An olive branch and an oak branch surmounted by (different) 5 (different) FRANCS and (date) below.
GEM.154.4; Nickel – 10.39 g – 29 mm – 6 h
This is the second-highest grade!
NGC MS 63 (8772187-018).
A special strike with a positive reaction to a magnet. Struck in 1967 using the 1960 dies, with a fluted (not striated) edge. Very rare. Proof condition.
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