Live auction - fwo_326348 - ARGENTINA Essai de 50 Centavos Nickel 1940 Paris

ARGENTINA Essai de 50 Centavos Nickel 1940 Paris MS

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Estimate :	850 €
Price :	540 €
Maximum bid :	560 €
End of the sale :	08 November 2016 16:45:20
bidders :	2 bidders

Type : Essai de 50 Centavos Nickel

Date: 1940

Mint name / Town : Paris

Quantity minted : ---

Metal : nickel

Diameter : 24 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 5,91 g.

Edge : striée

Rarity : R3

Coments on the condition:

Infimes traces de manipulation mais la monnaie conserve tout son brillant d’origine et a les bords coupants

Catalogue references :

SCWC 34Pn 54

Obverse

Obverse legend : REPUBLICA - ARGENTINA / 1940.

Obverse description : Armoiries de la République Argentine.

Reverse

Reverse legend : LIBERTAD / 50 CTS / LUCIEN BAZOR / ESSAI.

Reverse description : Tête de la République à droite, derrière elle un rameau.

Commentary

Cette série d’essai aurait été suivi d’une production de frappes courantes intégralement refondue à cause de la guerre. A noter que ces essais sont ni cotés, ni reproduits dans le World Coins. .
This trial series would have been followed by a production of standard strikes completely recast due to the war. Note that these trials are neither listed nor reproduced in the World Coins.