Lot description:
20th Century French Coins (49) | France, Third Republic (1870-1940), 1 Franc (2), 1922, 1925, 3.99g, 3.91g, 6h (Le Franc 218; Gadoury 468; KM 876); also 50 Centimes (15), 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924 (2), 1926, 1927, 1928, 1931, 1932, 1937 (2), 1939, 1940, 1941, 2.00g, 1.91g, 1.98g, 1.96g, 1.99g, 1.96g, 1.95g, 2.03g, 1.99g, 2.07g, 2.00g, 2.01g, 1.97g, 1.98g, 2.05g, 6h (Le Franc 191, 192; Gadoury 421, 423, KM 884, 894); and France, French State (1940-1944), 50 Centimes, 1942, 0.78g, 6h (Le Franc 195; Gadoury 425; KM 914.1); and France, Fifth Republic (1958-present), 5 Centimes, 1962, 3.39g, 5h (Le Franc 124; Gadoury 172; KM 927), all very fine; 25 Centimes (16), 1914, 1915 (2), 1917, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1927, 1930, 1936, 1937, 1939, 1940, 4.94g, 4.90g, 5.01g, 5.02g, 4.91g, 4.88g, 5.03g, 5.09g, 5.01g, 4.95g, 5.07g, 4.91g, 5.01g, 5.05g, 4.05g, 3.86g, 6h (Le Franc 170, 171; Gadoury 379, 380; KM 867, 367a); and 10 Centimes (3), 1917, 1929, 1938, 3.94g, 3.86g, 3.12g, 6h (Le Franc 138, Gadoury 286; KM 866a); also France, Fourth Republic (1946-1958), 100 Francs, 1957, 5.99g, 6h (Le Franc 450; Gadoury 897; KM 919); and 50 Centimes (5), 1946 (4), 1947, 0.70g, 0.69g, 0.71g, 0.71g, 0.68g, 6h (Le Franc 194; Gadoury 426; KM 894a), all fine to very fine; 10 Centimes (4), 1873A, 1876A, 1882A, 1896A, 9.90g, 5h; 9.84g, 6h; 10.06g, 5h; 9.81g, 5h (Le Franc 135; Gadoury 265; KM 815); and 5 Centimes, 1896A, 4.77g, 6h (Le Franc 118; Gadoury 157; KM 821), contact marks throughout, especially on 5 centimes, first three extremely fine, last two rare but fine (49); additionally, Mixed French Coins (19) | France, Napoleon I (1804-1814, 1815), 10 Centimes, 1809, Paris, 2.06g, 6h (Le Franc, Gadoury 190; KM 676); France, Second Republic (1848-1851), 1 Centimes (2), 1848A, 1849A, 1.99g, 6h; 2.01g, 6h (Le Frac 101; Gadoury 84; KM 754); France, Napoleon III (1852-1870), 50 Centimes, 1864, Paris, 2.52g, 7h (Le Franc 188; Gadoury 417; KM 814); 2 Centimes (2), 1856, 1862, 1.94g, 6h; 2.01g, 6h (Le Franc 107; Gadoury 103; KM 776); also 1 Centime, 1870, 0.96g, 5h (Le Franc 103; Gadoury 87; KM 795); France, Third Republic (1870-1940), 1 Franc (2), 1901, 1908, 5.02g, 6h; 3.75g, 6h (Le Franc 217; Gadoury 467; KM 844); also 50 Centimes (3), 1871, 1899, 1908, 2.51g, 6h; 2.51g, 6h; 2.50g, 6h (Le Franc 189, 190; Gadoury 419, 420; KM 834, 854); 2 Centimes (2), 1879, 1899, 2.02g, 6h; 1.99g, 6h (Le Franc 109, 110; Gadoury 105, 107; KM 827, 841); also 1 Centime (3), 1877, 1885, 1920, 0.96g, 6h; 1.00g, 5h; 0.97g, 6h (Le Franc 104, 105; Gadoury 88, 90; KM 826, 840), some particularly nicely toned, some wear, all fine to very fine; France, French State (1940-1944), 1 Franc, 1944, 1.26g, 6h (Le Franc 223; Gadoury 471; KM 902); France, Fifth Republic (1958-Present), 1960, 6.06g, 6h (Le Franc 226; Gadoury 474; KM 925.1), various levels of wear, all fine to very fine (68).
Estimate: £260 - £300 | |