Lot no. 1414
FRANCE - FRANCE
Third Republic (1870-1940). Test coinage, 1 franc module, for the Société Française de Monnayage, in ND nickel (1922), Paris.
Av. A balance wheel surmounted by a pan balance; left (lightning bolt) and right (branch); in the exergue: lightning bolt and signature EM. LINDAUER.
Rv. SOCIÉTÉ FRANÇAISE DE MONNAYAGE / ATELIERS / DE POISSY. And in the centre, between PARIS and 11 BIS RUE ROQUÉPINE, the figure of SFM.
GEM - (cf. 264.2, nickel silver) - Maz - (cf. 2610, nickel bronze) - VG - (cf. 4998, nickel bronze); Nickel - 5.12 g - 23 mm - 12 h
Top Pop: the only graded example!
PCGS MS65 (60811451).
Nickel magnetic blank, not listed! The edge is ridged. A superb example.
Token or test commemorating the production of the Poissy workshop. "The obverse reproduces that of the medal engraved on the occasion of Empress Marie-Louise's visit to the Monnaie de Paris," according to Mazard.
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