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Auction: 26005 - British and World Coins and Medals: The Martin J Waldron Collection of English Coins
Lot: 788

Free France (1940-1944), Aluminium 1 Franc, 1943, by Jean Graziani, struck for colonial use in Africa, REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE, bust of Marianne left, rev. LIBERTE-EGALITE | FRATERNITE, denomination and date within cornucopiae, edge plain, 1.80g, 6h (Gad. 472a; KM 885a.1; Franc 225/2), reverse scratches and bust hairline, as commonly encountered on this metal, otherwise lustrous and good extremely fine, a highly sought after modern French rarity, only 4,400 struck

Provenance

CGB, Mail Bid Sale 40, 24 September 2009, lot 1891 - 7,400 EUR

Alain Weil, February 2002


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Estimate
£4,000 to £4,500

Starting price
£3700