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Mintage of 100 Specimens

CNG 96, Lot: 1114. Estimate $7500.
Sold for $5500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE, Troisième République. 1870-1940. AV 10 Francs or (19mm, 3.24 g, 6h). Paris mint; différents: cornucopia/fasces. Dated 1889-A. REPUBLIQUE (star) FRANÇAISE, head of Ceres right, wearing grain ear wreath; to left, bundle of rods surmounted by main de justice; olive branch to right; L. MERLEY. below head / LIBERTE EGALITE FRATERNITE, 10/FRANC in two lines within olive and oak wreath; in exergue, cornucopia A above 1889, and fasces. Mazard 1837; VG 1016; Friedberg 593. Superb EF, minor hairlines. Reported mintage of 100 specimens.