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Price : 425.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2021)
Price : 425.00 €
Type : 20 Francs or Charles III
Date: 1879
Mint name / Town : Paris
Quantity minted : 25000
Metal : gold
Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 6,45 g.
Edge : cannelée
Rarity : R2
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : CHARLES III PRINCE DE MONACO.
Obverse description : Tête nue de Charles III à droite ; dessous PONSCARME et A.
Reverse
Reverse legend : (ANCRE) VINGT - FRANCS 1879.
Reverse description : Écu aux armes de Monaco soutenu par deux moines posé sur un manteau couronné.
Commentary
75.000 pièces de 20 francs ont été frappées en 1878 et 1879. Ces pièces pouvaient circuler en France. Elles ont aussi certainement servi au casino de Monte-Carlo naissant. Pour le millésime 1879, les deux différents ancre et ancre barrée existent comme pour la pièce de 100 francs or. Cette découverte due à Francesco Pastrone a fait l'objet d'une notule dans le FORUM DES AMIS DU FRANC.
75,000 20-franc coins were minted in 1878 and 1879. These coins could circulate in France. They were also certainly used in the nascent Monte-Carlo casino. For the 1879 vintage, the two different designs, anchor and barred anchor, exist, as for the 100-franc gold coin. This discovery, due to Francesco Pastrone, was the subject of a note in the FORUM DES AMIS DU FRANC
75,000 20-franc coins were minted in 1878 and 1879. These coins could circulate in France. They were also certainly used in the nascent Monte-Carlo casino. For the 1879 vintage, the two different designs, anchor and barred anchor, exist, as for the 100-franc gold coin. This discovery, due to Francesco Pastrone, was the subject of a note in the FORUM DES AMIS DU FRANC







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