Sale: Triton X, Lot: 989. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Monday, 8 January 2007.  Sold For $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE, Troisième République. 1875-1940. AV 100 Francs (32.22 g, 6h). Paris mint; Dupré, engraver. Dated 1882A. RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE, winged Genius of France standing right with left leg cocked, holding stylus and tablet inscribed CONSTI/TUTION set on cippus; fasces surmounted by hand to left, cock to right, A.B. and script Dupré in exergue / LIBERTÉ ÉGALITÉ FRATERNITÉ, 100/FRANCS/1882 in three lines across field; corncopia and fasces flanking A in exergue. On edge: DIEU (star)PROTEGE (star) LA (star)FRANCE (5 stars). VG 1137; Friedberg 590; KM 832. Good VF, lightly toned.