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FRANCE - THIRD REPUBLIC - 2 FRANCS CERES 1871 BORDEAUX - WITHOUT LEGEND - PCGS MS64 - TOP POP
- Condition: MS
- Grade: PCGS MS64
- Date: 1871
- Mint: Bordeaux
- Metal: Silver
- Weight (g): 10.00
- Diameter (mm): nc
- Reference(s): Gad. 529 / F. 264
- Rarity: R1
Third Republic (1870-1940), 2 francs Ceres, 1871, struck at Bordeaux. Variety without legend.
Obverse: head of Ceres left, wreathed with ears of wheat, signed Oudiné. Reverse: denomination 2 FRANCS and date 1871 within a laurel and olive wreath. Mint letter K (Bordeaux) below the wreath.
Close to as-struck condition, with its velvety mint bloom. Mint State.
Top Pop: this is the finest example graded!
Note: the "without legend" variety refers to the absence of the motto LIBERTÉ ÉGALITÉ FRATERNITÉ on the reverse, a feature of the Bordeaux issues of 1871 during the Paris Commune. These coins were struck in exceptional circumstances, at a time when the Paris mint was unavailable, which makes the "without legend" variant a numismatic witness to a moment of political upheaval. The mintage of 1,256,000 coins remains modest for the denomination.
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