CNG 97, Lot: 911. Estimate $500. Sold for $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE, Deuxième République. 1848-1852. Proof Æ Essai de 5 Franc (37.2mm, 27.97 g, 6h). By Gayrard (unsigned). Dated 1848. Laureate female head left, wearing lion skin / Value and date in three lines within laurel and oak wreath. Edge: plain. Guilloteau 3104; Mazard 1281/1276 (obv./rev.); KM Pn57 var. (rev.). Superb EF, brown surfaces with underlying traces of red, a couple of minor traces of hard green.