Live auction - fmd_363797 - 1 franc Graziani, zinc 1943 F.224/1
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| Estimate : | 11 500 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 29 September 2015 17:45:46 |
Type : 1 franc Graziani, zinc
Date: 1943
Quantity minted : 17.200
Metal : zinc
Diameter : 23 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,87 g.
Edge : lisse
Rarity : R3
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Provient de la vente AIX ENCHÈRES ART du 28 Mai 2011 “Collection Francis Vauclare”, expert Gimbert Numismatique, lot n°283, puis authentifiée par Jean Lecompte
Obverse
Obverse legend : REPVBLIQVE FRANÇAISE.
Obverse description : Buste drapé de la République aux cheveux courts à gauche, coiffée d'un bonnet phrygien orné d'une cocarde tricolore (centre guilloché, cercle lisse, cercle guilloché), sous une couronne composite de blé, chêne et olivier nouée par un ruban ; sous le ruban MORLON.
Reverse
Reverse legend : LIBERTE - EGALITE / FRATERNITE.
Reverse description : 1 / FRANC, en deux lignes au-dessus du millésime encadré des différents, le tout entre deux cornes d'abondance symétriquement opposées.
Commentary
Sur cette monnaie, le style de la Marianne est plus dur et plus anguleux que sur les 1 franc Morlon. C’est la première fois que nous proposons cette monnaie à la vente.
Historical background
FRANCE LIBRE
(06/18/1940 - 08/01/1943)
Free France is the name given to the external resistance organization founded in London by General de Gaulle, following his appeal on June 18, 1940, and made up of French people (officers, soldiers or simple citizens) wishing to continue the fight against Germany alongside the British allies. But it was not until September 24, 1941 to see the emergence of the French National Committee, which really acted as the government of Free France.. Armed forces rallied to Free France, called Free French Forces (FFL), take part in fighting in Africa. During the Allied landing in North Africa, four hundred civilian volunteers arrested June and Darlan and, by the putsch of November 8, 1942, neutralized the XIX Army Corps of the Vichy Government for fifteen hours, thus allowing the Allies to land and encircle Algiers without opposition, before obtaining the same evening the capitulation of this city with its port intact. On June 3, 1943, the French National Committee in London and the Civil and Military Command of Algiers merged, under the co-presidency of Generals de Gaulle and Giraud, into the French Committee for National Liberation (CFLN), based in Algiers.. The closing of engagements within the Free French Forces (FFL) takes place on July 31, 1943.
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