Triton XIX, Lot: 2331. Estimate $3000. Sold for $20000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE, Gouvernement Provisoire. 1 April–3 May 1814. AV Essai de 2 Francs (27mm, 17.48 g, 12h). Paris mint. Dies by Tiolier. Dated April 1814. GALLIA REDDITA EUROPAE., coat-of-arms; APRILE 1814. below / FRANÇOIS I · EMP · D’AUTRICHE/ ANGE/ DE/ PAIX/ –/ PARIS. Edge: DIEU PROTEGE LA FRANCE. Cf. Guilloteau 2357 (for type in silver); Mazard 770; cf. KM (X) M4 (same). Choice EF, lustrous, some hairlines. Very rare.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Schweizerischer Bankverein 29 (28 January 1992), lot 827; Irving M. Moskovitz Collection (Quality Sales, 15 February 1977), lot 1052.