Roma Numismatics Ltd
Auction XXIV 28 Mar 2022
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France, Third Republic. AV Essai de 25 Centimes. Paris mint, 1913. Dies by Charles Pillet. Central hole topped by pileus, fasces to left, FR monogram to right, date below; all within wreath / Cockerel standing to right, wings slightly spread, rising sun in background; •LIBERTE• •EGALITE•FRATERNITE• and denomination above, CH. PILLET to left, ESSAI to right. Mazard 2149a; cf. Guilloteau 4763 (for type in nickel); KM -.
PCGS graded SP66 (72938.66/80455912); the finest encapsulated and graded example. Excessively rare.
From the GK Collection;
Ex MDC Monnaies de Collection sarl, Auction 5, 14 November 2019, lot 665 (hammer: EUR 12,000);
Ex Maison Palombo, Auction 15, 22 October 2016, lot 809 (hammer: CHF 18,000);
Ex Dr. Lawrence A. Adams Collection, Classical Numismatic Group, Triton XIX, 5 January 2016, lot 2352;
Ex Dr. Busso Peus Nachfolger, Auction 314, 30 October 1985, lot 769.
PCGS graded SP66 (72938.66/80455912); the finest encapsulated and graded example. Excessively rare.
From the GK Collection;
Ex MDC Monnaies de Collection sarl, Auction 5, 14 November 2019, lot 665 (hammer: EUR 12,000);
Ex Maison Palombo, Auction 15, 22 October 2016, lot 809 (hammer: CHF 18,000);
Ex Dr. Lawrence A. Adams Collection, Classical Numismatic Group, Triton XIX, 5 January 2016, lot 2352;
Ex Dr. Busso Peus Nachfolger, Auction 314, 30 October 1985, lot 769.