E-auction 158-96368 - fwo_390722 - MONACO Essai de 50 Centimes Rainier III 1962 Paris

MONACO Essai de 50 Centimes Rainier III 1962 Paris MS

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Estimate :	55 €
Price :	37 €
Maximum bid :	60 €
End of the sale :	25 April 2016 18:07:00
bidders :	4 bidders

Type : Essai de 50 Centimes Rainier III

Date: 1962

Mint name / Town : Paris

Metal : bronze-aluminium

Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰

Diameter : 25 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 6,77 g.

Edge : lisse

Catalogue references :

G.2019.148 - KM20/E49

Obverse

Obverse legend : RAINIER III PRINCE DE MONACO/ 1962.

Obverse description : Buste nu de Rainier III à droite ; au-dessous, signé SIMON.

Reverse

Reverse legend : DEO/ JUVANTE/ 50 CENTIMES/ ESSAI.

Reverse description : Écu aux armes des Grimaldi soutenu par un moine soldat ; au-dessus une couronne.

Commentary

Avec la pièce de 5 francs, c'est peut-être l'essai en métal commun le plus difficile à trouver. Comme les autres valeurs de cette première émission en nouveaux francs, 500 essais furent aussi frappés en argent et en bronze.
Along with the 5 franc coin, this is perhaps the most difficult base metal trial to find. Like the other values of this first issue in new francs, 500 trials were also struck in silver and bronze.