FRANCE - FRANCE Third Republic (1870-1940). Essai au type du ducat d'or de Louis XII, in silver, Frappe spéciale (SP) ND, Paris. Av. LVDO° FRAN° REGNIQ NEAPR. Crowned bust of Louis XII. Rv. PERDAM BABILLONIS NOMEN [I will destroy even the name of Babylon]. Crowned shield of France within a grenetis. Maz.2226 v. - MdP.A5 ; Cupro-nickel - 5,39 g - 25 mm - 12 h Top Pop: the only graded example! PCGS SP64 (60810887). Special strike (SP) on cupro-nickel blank. No hallmark (but four regular strokes on the edge at 9 o'clock), the edge slightly rounded (seems older). With a light patina. Superb at Fleur de coin. Modern strikes of this type were available in the general catalogue of the Monnaie de Paris until the 1990s, but the corners were already present in the 1833 catalogue of the Musée monétaire.