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| Estimate : | 330 € |
| Price : | 210 € |
| Maximum bid : | 210 € |
| End of the sale : | 14 January 2025 18:03:01 |
| bidders : | 4 bidders |
Type : Essai de 50 francs Hercule
Date: 1974
Mint name / Town : Pessac
Quantity minted : 13.800
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰
Diameter : 41 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 30 g.
Edge : Motifs en relief se rapportant respectivement à l’agriculture (gerbe de blé, coq, grappe de raisin), à l’industrie (marteau, roue dentée, compas) et au commerce (balance, corne d’abondance, caducée).
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : (FEUILLE D'OLIVIER) LIBERTÉ ÉGALITÉ FRATERNITÉ// ESSAI.
Obverse description : Hercule nu avec la léonté debout de face, unissant la Liberté debout à gauche tenant une pique surmontée d'un bonnet phrygien et l'Egalité à droite, tenant le niveau ; signé Dupré cursif à l'exergue.
Reverse
Reverse legend : RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE// 50/ FRANCS// 1974.
Reverse description : dans une couronne composite.
Commentary
Exemplaire sous sachet plastique scellé de la Monnaie de Paris.
example in sealed plastic bag from the Paris Mint
example in sealed plastic bag from the Paris Mint
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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