Triton XIX, Lot: 2356. Estimate $2500. Sold for $7500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE, État Français (Vichy). Philippe Pétain. Maréchal et chief de l’état, 1940-1944. AV Essai de 5 Francs (22mm, 10.48 g, 6h). Paris mint; différents: cornucopia and wing. Dies by Razor. Dated 1941. Bare head left / Francisque with two oak bundles. Cf. Guilloteau 5578 (for type in nickel-bronze); cf. Mazard 2660 (same); KM –. EF, lustrous, some hairlines, attached lamination flaw. Very rare.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Künker 190 (21 June 2011), lot 4101; Numismatica Genevensis V (2 December 2008), lot 569; Bowers & Merena (28 February 2008), lot 5223.