FRANCE - FRANCE Third Republic (1870-1940). Merley 5 centimes trial, 2nd type, with bundle and branch, aluminium, round blank 1888, A, Paris. FRENCH REPUBLIC. In a bowl, crowned head of the Republic on the right, with pearl necklace, between a bundle and an olive branch; below rounded signature L. MERLEY and in the exergue (date). Rv. LIBERTÉ ÉGALITÉ FRATERNITÉ. In the centre: 20 CENTIMES (workshop) and in the exergue (different) ESSAI (different). GEM.13.8 (not reproduced) - Maz.2266 - VG.4085; Aluminium - 19 mm - 6 h ANACS MS 64 (452162). Special strike with satiny relief, with a light velvet strike barely touched. Superb at Fleur de coin.