E-auction 700-763305 - fmd_1126225 - Essai de 5 francs Semeuse, argent, grand 5 1959 Paris F.340/1
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| Estimate : | 400 € |
| Price : | 325 € |
| Maximum bid : | 355 € |
| End of the sale : | 14 September 2026 15:15:00 |
| bidders : | 13 bidders |
Type : Essai de 5 francs Semeuse, argent, grand 5
Date: 1959
Mint name / Town : Paris
Quantity minted : 4000
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 835 ‰
Diameter : 29 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 12,04 g.
Edge : en relief : ** LIBERTE* EGALITE* FRATERNITE
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie présentant des traces de frottement au revers, présence de petites marques de coups. Patine irrégulière aux reflets dorés
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE.
Obverse description : La République à gauche, sous les traits d'une semeuse drapée et coiffée d'un bonnet phrygien, aux cheveux longs, marchant et semant à contre-vent ; en arrière-plan, derrière la semeuse à droite, un soleil levant, et, à gauche ESSAI ; au-dessous, en creux O. ROTY.
Reverse
Reverse legend : LIBERTE . EGALITE . FRATERNITE / 1959.
Reverse description : 5 / FRANCS entre corne et chouette, au-dessus d'un bouquet d'épis de blé, d'une branche d'olivier chargée de fruits, d'une branche de chêne et d'un coquelicot, le millésime sous le bouquet.
Commentary
Exemplaire avec le 5 de même taille que les autres chiffres composant le millésime.
example with the 5 of the same size as the other numbers making up the vintage
example with the 5 of the same size as the other numbers making up the vintage
Historical background
V REPUBLIC
(since 08/01/1959)
The Fifth Republic, whose constitution was approved by referendum on September 28, 1958 by more than 79% of French people, only officially began with the installation of General de Gaulle as president on January 8, 1959. The constitution was amended on January 28, 1958. October 1962 by referendum where a majority of 62% of votes approves the election of the President of the Republic by direct universal suffrage. The various presidents of the Fifth Republic are Charles de Gaulle (8/01/1959 - 27/04/1969, retirement and Alain Poher becomes interim president), Georges Pompidou (15/06/1969 - 2/04/1974, deceased , Alain Poher becomes interim president), Valéry Giscard d'Estaing (19/05/1974 - 21/05/1981), François Mitterrand (21/05/1981 - 7/05/1995), Jacques Chirac (7/05 /1995 - 05/16/2007), Nicolas Sarkozy (05/16/2007 - 05/15/2012), François Hollande (05/15/2012 - 05/14/2017) and Emmanuel Macron (05/14/2017 - ).
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