FRANCE - THIRD REPUBLIC - 50 FRANCS GÉNIE 1896 PARIS - NGC MS62 PL

€5.500,00

Condition: MS
Grade: NGC MS62 PL
Date: 1896
Mint: Paris
Metal: Gold
Weight (g): 16.13
Diameter (mm): 35.00
Reference(s): Gad. 1113
Rarity: R1

Third Republic (1870-1940), gold 50 francs Génie, 1896, struck at Paris.

Obverse: the winged Genius of Liberty, standing, engraving the Constitution on a stele. To the left a lictor's fasces, to the right a cockerel. Legend RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE. Signature DUPRÉ below. Reverse: within an oak wreath, denomination 50 FRANCS and date 1896. Legend LIBERTÉ ÉGALITÉ FRATERNITÉ. Mint letter A (Paris) in exergue.

Prooflike appearance, mirror fields and satiny devices. A light scratch on the obverse and a few handling marks. Mint State.

Only 800 struck!

Note: the Genius engraving the Constitution is one of Augustin Dupré's great compositions, reused on several French republican coins.

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