MDC Monnaies de Collection
2218
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FRENCH INDOCHINA
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2218
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FRENCH INDOCHINA
See original version (French)
Estimate €400
Voluntary lot
Description
FRENCH INDOCHINA
Provisional Government of the French Republic (1944–1946). 5-centime trial strike, 1946, Paris.
Obverse: REPUBLIQUE – FRANÇAISE. Bust of the Republic facing forwards, head to the right, wearing a Phrygian cap and holding an upright branch; signed P. TURIN; with the date in the exergue.
Reverse: INDOCHINA – FRENCH. A sheaf of ears of corn flanked by (denomination) – CENT and (various symbols); ‘ESSAI’ above CENT.
Cat. No. 125; Aluminium – 18 mm – 12 h
NGC MS 63 (4241190-009).
On a burnished (PROOF) blank, struck in medal quality, with only 104 copies minted! NGC indicates MS on the coin itself, but the grading is listed as PF (PROOF) on its website! Only very fine hairlines on the obverse and a few fingerprints on the reverse. Rare (the first one we have sold). Almost Mint State.
* Following Council Directive (EU) 2022/542 of 5 April 2022, implemented in national law from 1 January 2025, buyers from within the EU must pay 5.5% VAT on the hammer price of this lot.
* Pursuant to Council Directive (EU) 2022/542 of 5 April 2022, which comes into force in national law on 1 January 2025, the successful bidder from the EU must also pay 5.5% VAT on this lot.
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