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Lot 201. Gouvernement Provisoire, AR Essai de 2 Francs 1814, MS64

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Gouvernement Provisoire, AR Essai de 2 Francs 1814, MS64

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Bidding closed (Sunday, September 19th, 20:07:00 CEST)
Current time: Sunday, November 17th, 19:50:35 CET

Price realised: CHF 800.00 (1 bid)
Approx. EUR 854.44 / USD 900.96 / GBP 714.03

High bidder: Bidder 1

eAuction #73, Lot 201. Estimate: CHF 1'000.00

France, Royal (Restored). Gouvernement Provisoire. AR Essai de 2 Francs 1814. In the name of Friedrich Wilhelm III, King of Prussia. Paris mint, by Tiolier.
Obv. GALLIA REDDITA EUROPAE, three lis in circle; APRILE 1814 below.
Rev. FREDERIC GUILLAUME III ROI DE PRUSSIE, ANGE / DE / PAIX / PARIS.
Mazard 772a; Gad. 509b.

Rare this nice. Rich iridescent toning. NGC MS64.

This interesting essai was struck in Paris in April of 1814, after the fall of Bonaparte but before the return of Louis XVIII, and commemorates the peace that at last prevailed in Europe. Austrian emperor Franz I and Prussian king Frederick Wilhelm III are both named in the series as "angels of peace."



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