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Auction: 18005 - British and Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals
Lot: 678

France, Second Republic (1848-52), Patterns for the Concours monétaire 1848, 10-Centimes, in copper (4), by R. Gayrard, 10.49g, head left, wearing lion pelt headdress, unsigned, rev. type B, similar, value in wreath, date below (VG 3142; Gadoury 228); another, by Magniadas, 10.99g, laureate head left, on wreath of oak and a compass, rev. type A, liberté égalité fraternité, value and date in wreath, edge plain (VG 3143; Gadoury 230); others, by E. Rogat (2), laureate head left, rev. type A, as before, edge plain (VG 3169; Gadoury 239A); also, 14.37g, helmeted head left, rev. type A, as last, edge plain (VG 3170; Gadoury 240), additionally, Piefort 10-Centimes, in copper, by E. Rogat, 39.16g, as last, rev. dix centimes in wreath, concours + monetaire + piefort on edge (cf. VG 3153; cf. Gadoury 240), some spotted, otherwise with residual lustre, good very fine or better (5)

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