Live auction - fco_501185 - NEW HEBRIDES Piéfort 100 francs Or 1966 Paris

NEW HEBRIDES Piéfort 100 francs Or 1966 Paris MS

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Estimate :	6 000 €
Price :	4 050 €
Maximum bid :	4 050 €
End of the sale :	05 March 2019 18:41:47
bidders :	3 bidders

Type : Piéfort 100 francs Or

Date: 1966

Mint name / Town : Paris

Quantity minted : 50

Metal : gold

Millesimal fineness : 920 ‰

Diameter : 37 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 85,95 g.

Edge : lisse

Rarity : R3

Coments on the condition:

La monnaie a été manipulée, elle n’est plus dans son sachet de la monnaie de Paris

Catalogue references :

Lec.56

Predigree :

Exemplaire provenant de la vente VSO 20 de CGB, lot n°1486 en 2004

Obverse

Obverse legend : RÉPVBLIQVE - FRANÇAISE/ 1966.

Obverse description : Tête de Marianne à gauche, coiffée du bonnet phrygien ; signature R. JOLY.

Reverse

Reverse legend : NOUVELLES - HÉBRIDES// 100 F.

Reverse description : Totem.

Commentary

En 1966, il fut fabriqué 50 piéforts en or au titre de 920 millièmes et 500 piéforts en argent au titre de 950 millièmes. Exemplaire de la plus grande rareté.

Historical background

NEW HEBRIDES

The New Hebrides, now Vanuatu, is located northeast of New Caledonia. The archipelago was discovered in 1606, it was then visited by Bougainville in 1768 and by Cook who gave it his name. By a Franco-English treaty of October 1882, the archipelago remained neutral and subject to a Franco-British condominium. The archipelago became independent in 1980.