Lot no. 913
FRANCE / CAPETIANS - FRANCE / ROYAL
Constitution (1791-1792). Test with a bonnet on a pike, reverse of 2 sols constitutionnel, in iridium-plated copper, Frappe spéciale (SP) An 4 (1792) [later mintage], A, Paris.
Av. Within a wreath 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 exergue: L'AN (date) DE LA LIBERTÉ.
Maz.324 v. - VG.352 v. - G.30 v.; Iridium-plated copper - 23.08 g - 32 mm - 12 h
Top Pop: this is the only graded example! From the R. Margolis collection, Stack's Bowers sale, August 2024, session E, No. 43111 bought from Claude Silberstein in Paris on 9 February 1977.
PCGS SP62 (refrappe, Lead-Plated CU) (49552108).
This obverse with the spade is associated with various reverses (Mazard 321-326). On a thin blank and covered with Iridium-based plating (and Palladium and Cadmium in lesser quantities). Superb at Fleur de coin.
* 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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