France
Republic brass Specimen Essai 5 Centimes 1908 SP65 PCGS, Paris mint, KM-Unl., Maz-2206 var. (R2; there, holed), GEM-14.23. A highly fleeting and very attractive Essai type that is interestingly absent from Mazard without a central hole, PCGS recording that they have seen only one piece in similar technical condition.
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