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Auction: 18005 - British and Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals
Lot: 676

France, Second Republic (1848-52), Patterns for the Concours monétaire 1848, 5-Francs, in copper (4), by J. F. Domard, 23.91g, similar, Phrygian cap above head, Rooster-topped beam over far shoulder, rev. as before, edge plain (cf. VG 3070; Gadoury 694/699); another, by E. Farochon, 23.92g, laureate head left, swallow and compass in fields, signature below, rev. value and date in wreath, edge plain (cf. VG 3072; Gadoury 695/699); another, by F. Magniadas, 24.46g, bust on oak wreath, rev. as last (Gadoury 701/699); another, by anonymous artist, 23.58g, laureate head left, wearing Phrygian cap, rev. liberte egalite fraternite, value in wreath, date below (cf. VG 3096; Gadoury 716/699), some spotted with verdigris, otherwise lustrous, good very fine or better (4)

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