E-auction 412-324327 - feu_642586 - FRANCE Belle Épreuve 1 Euro 1/2 LOURDES (1858-2008) 2008

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Estimate :	75 €
Price :	69 €
Maximum bid :	75 €
End of the sale :	08 March 2021 18:41:30
bidders :	7 bidders

Type : Belle Épreuve 1 Euro 1/2 LOURDES (1858-2008)

Date: 2008

Quantity minted : 15.000

Metal : silver

Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰

Diameter : 37 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 22,2 g.

Edge : lisse

Catalogue references :

€00150410808 1

Obverse

Obverse description : Basilique de Lourdes - “LOURDES - 150e ANNIVERSAIRE”.

Reverse

Reverse description : Croix (avec date 1858 et 2008) divisant la pièce en quatre parties: valeur faciale 1 Euro 1/2 - portrait de Bernadette Soubirous - portrait du pape Jean-Paul II - portrait du pape Benoît XVI .

Commentary

Pièce Belle Épreuve présentée dans son écrin avec certificat numéroté (n°00547).
Pièce de la série “150ème anniversaire - Lourdes”. 1858 est l’année des premières apparitions de la Vierge Marie à Bernadette Soubirous alors âgée de 14 ans et le début des pèlerinages à Lourdes.
Proof coin presented in its case with numbered certificate (n°00547). Coin from the “150th anniversary - Lourdes” series. 1858 is the year of the first apparitions of the Virgin Mary to Bernadette Soubirous, then aged 14, and the beginning of pilgrimages to Lourdes.