Live auction - fco_318044 - REUNION ISLAND Essai de 50 Centimes frappe médaille 1896 Paris

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MS65

Estimate :	900 €
Price :	1 050 €
Maximum bid :	1 200 €
End of the sale :	19 April 2016 16:31:46
bidders :	3 bidders

Type : Essai de 50 Centimes frappe médaille

Date: 1896

Mint name / Town : Paris

Metal : nickel silver

Diameter : 22 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 4,50 g.

Edge : lisse, (corne) MCHOR ESSAI en creux

Rarity : R3

Slab

PCGS : SP65

Coments on the condition:

Traces de manipulation. La monnaie est sous coque PCGS SP65

Catalogue references :

Lec.38a - KM.19/E1

Predigree :

Cet exemplaire provient de la Collection Michel

Obverse

Obverse legend : RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE// *ILE DE LA RÉUNION*.

Obverse description : Buste à gauche de Mercure, au-dessous signature LAGRANGE.

Reverse

Reverse legend : CONTRE-VALEUR DÉPOSÉE// *AU TRÉSOR COLONIAL*.

Reverse description : Légende circulaire. BON POUR/ 50 CENT. / 1896 en trois lignes au centre.

Commentary

Le type courant n’a été frappé qu’en 1896 à 1.000.000 exemplaires. On ignore le nombre d’exemplaires fabriqués des essais.
The current type was not struck until 1896 in 1,000,000 examples. The number of examples produced from the trials is unknown.