Live auction - fmd_394757 - Essai de 20 francs Pierre de Coubertin 1994 Pessac F.405/1
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| Estimate : | 100 € |
| Price : | 50 € |
| Maximum bid : | 55 € |
| End of the sale : | 26 July 2016 14:55:25 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Essai de 20 francs Pierre de Coubertin
Date: 1994
Mint name / Town : Pessac
Quantity minted : 1.850
Metal : bronze-aluminium and copper nickel
Diameter : 27 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 9 g.
Edge : cinq séries de cannelures
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : PIERRE DE COUBERTIN 1863 - 1937 / RF / 1994.
Obverse description : buste de Pierre de Coubertin en costume vu de trois-quarts à gauche, un flambeau à droite.
Reverse
Reverse legend : LIBERTÉ - ÉGALITÉ - FRATERNITÉ / 20 F / (DIFFÉRENT) 1894 / 1994 (DIFFÉRENT), SIGNÉ DE LA ROSETTE DE L'ATELIER DE GRAVURE SOUS 1994.
Reverse description : la façade de la Sorbonne où se réunit le premier Comité Olympique ; anneaux des Jeux Olympiques.
Commentary
Pièce éditée à l’occasion du centenaire du Comité Olympique pour le rétablissement des Jeux à Paris (1894-1994). À l’avers portrait de Pierre de Coubertin et au revers, les anneaux des Jeux Olympiques et la Sorbonne où se réunit la première réunion du Comité Olympique..
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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