Lot no. 912
FRANCE / CAPETIANS - FRANCE / ROYAL
Constitution (1791-1792). Test with a bonnet on a pike, reverse of 2 sols constitutionnel, Frappe spéciale (SP) An 4 (1792), A, Paris.
Front: Within a wreath formed of two oak branches, a pike surmounted by a Liberty cap and flanked by POUR - ESAIE.
Rv. LA NATION LA LOI LE ROI (different). Pole surmounted by a Phrygian cap and accosted by 2 - S, between two branches of oak. In the exergue: L'AN (date) DE LA LIBERTÉ.
Maz.323 v. - VG.352 v. - G.30 v.; Copper - 7.67 g - 33.5 mm - 12 h
Top Pop: this is the only graded example! From the collection of Baron Philippe de Ferrari de la Renotière, then Virgil M. Brand, Schulman sale, 1932, No. 3078, then R. Margolis collection, Stack's Bowers sale, August 2024, session E, No. 43110 bought from Lee Hewitt on 10 August 1971 at the ANA convention.
PCGS SP40 (1795) (49552196).
This spade obverse is associated with various reverses (Mazard 321-326). On a thin blank of light weight (not verified). This test circulated with regular wear. Rare. TTB.
* Following Council Directive (EU) 2022/542 of April 5, 2022, implemented in national law from 01/01/2025, buyers from within the EU have to pay 5.5% VAT on the hammer price of this lot.
* Following Council Directive (EU) 2022/542 of April 5, 2022, implemented in national law from 01/01/2025, buyers from within the EU have to pay 5.5% VAT on the hammer price of this lot.
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