Watch List notes:

FRANCE, Troisième République. Patrice de Mac Mahon. President, 1873-1879. Satirical Essai de 5 Francs (38mm, 32.67 g, 6h). Bruxelles (Brussels) mint. Dies by Wuden (though facetiously signed Napoleon). Dated 1874. MAC-MAHON I SEPTENNAT, bare head left; NAPOLEON F. below / REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE, crowned coat-of-arms surmounted by gallero with tassles; croizers, sword, and shovel crossed in saltire behind; religious medals below; radiant LOYOLA above. Guilloteau 3858b; cf. Mazard 2340 (for type in silver); KM (X) E50a. Choice EF, lustrous, some hairlines, red spot on reverse. Extremely rare.


From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Numismatica Genevensis IV (11 December 2006), lot 613.