August 2024 Global Showcase Auction – 12 - 23 August 2024
Ancient and World Coins and Currency
Part B: Mo, 12.08.2024, from 6:00 PM CEST
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Part 8: Mo, 19.08.2024, from 7:00 PM CEST
Part G: Tu, 20.08.2024, from 6:00 PM CEST
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Part 10: We, 21.08.2024, from 6:00 PM CEST
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Part 12: Fr, 23.08.2024, from 6:00 PM CEST
Description
FRANCE. Constitution. Uniface Copper Reverse Trial for Écu de 6 Livres, Year 2/1791. Paris Mint. Louis XVI. PCGS SPECIMEN-62 Brown.
cf. Maz-80 (for full strike in silver); Gad-51b.(c) var. (tin); cf. Ciani-Unlisted. Type with Phrygian cap on fasces. Plain edge. By N.-M. Gatteaux. EXTREMELY RARE and believed, according to Margolis as UNIQUE, this reverse trial presents Gatteaux's elegant modified reverse, with rich brown surfaces and an abundance of brilliance.
From the Richard Margolis Collection (acquired from the Farouk Collection in March 1954). Ex: Palace Collections of Egypt [King Farouk] (Sotheby's - 3/1954) Lot # 2173 (part of). Ex: Virgil M. Brand Collection (as "Ferrari-Brand," Schulman - ca. 1932) #2839. Ex: Baron Phillipe de Ferrari la Renotière Collection. Ex: Charles Rollin Collection (as of Conbrouse, 1839) # 52.
Estimate: $1000.00- $2000.00
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| Price realized | 6'500 USD |
| Starting price | 600 USD |
