Live auction - fmd_551503 - Épreuve au type 2 francs Morlon 1959 Paris GEM.121 1
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| Estimate : | 2 000 € |
| Price : | 1 800 € |
| Maximum bid : | 2 200 € |
| End of the sale : | 03 December 2019 18:29:16 |
| bidders : | 3 bidders |
Type : Épreuve au type 2 francs Morlon
Date: (1973)
Date: 1959
Mint name / Town : Paris
Quantity minted : ---
Metal : copper nickel and aluminium
Diameter : 26 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 9,99 g.
Edge : lisse
Rarity : R3
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 : 2 / FRANCS, en deux lignes au-dessus de 1959 encadré des différents, le tout entre deux cornes d'abondance symétriquement opposées.
Commentary
D’après l’ouvrage “Essais Monétaires & Piéforts Français” de Michel Taillard et Michel Arnaud, la composition de cette monnaie est la suivante :
92% Cuivre ; 6% Nickel ; 2% aluminium
Le flan de cette monnaie a les mêmes caractéristiques de la future 10 Francs Mathieu.
92% Cuivre ; 6% Nickel ; 2% aluminium
Le flan de cette monnaie a les mêmes caractéristiques de la future 10 Francs Mathieu.
Historical background
V REPUBLIC
(since 08/01/1959)
The Fifth Republic, whose constitution was approved by referendum on September 28, 1958 by more than 79% of French people, only officially began with the installation of General de Gaulle as president on January 8, 1959. The constitution was amended on January 28, 1958. October 1962 by referendum where a majority of 62% of votes approves the election of the President of the Republic by direct universal suffrage. The various presidents of the Fifth Republic are Charles de Gaulle (8/01/1959 - 27/04/1969, retirement and Alain Poher becomes interim president), Georges Pompidou (15/06/1969 - 2/04/1974, deceased , Alain Poher becomes interim president), Valéry Giscard d'Estaing (19/05/1974 - 21/05/1981), François Mitterrand (21/05/1981 - 7/05/1995), Jacques Chirac (7/05 /1995 - 05/16/2007), Nicolas Sarkozy (05/16/2007 - 05/15/2012), François Hollande (05/15/2012 - 05/14/2017) and Emmanuel Macron (05/14/2017 - ).
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