127, Lot: 299. Estimate $150. Sold for $165. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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FRANCE. Third Republic. 1871-1940. AV 20 Francs (21mm, 6.43 g, 6h). Paris mint; Dupré, engraver. Dated 1877A. Winged Genius of France standing right with left leg cocked, holding stylus and tablet inscribed CONSTI/TUTION set on cippus; to left, fasces surmounted by hand, to right, cock / 20/FRANCS/1877 in three lines across fields within oak wreath; cornucopiae, A, lighted torch in exergue. VG 1063; Friedberg 592; KM 825. EF, light field marks, traces of luster.
From the Dr. Thomas Dailey Collection.