Live auction - fmd_518941 - Essai en or de 1 franc Semeuse 1959 GEM.104 18
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| Estimate : | 20 000 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 04 June 2019 18:37:32 |
Type : Essai en or de 1 franc Semeuse
Date: 1959
Quantity minted : ---
Metal : gold
Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰
Diameter : 24 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 11,70 g.
Edge : striée
Rarity : R3
Slab
PCGS : SP66
Coments on the condition:
Sous coque PCGS SP66
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : REPUBLIQUE - FRANÇAISE.
Obverse description : Semeuse marchant à gauche, semant à contre-vent ; derrière un soleil levant ; à l'exergue signé O. Roty en creux ; ESSAI en relief.
Reverse
Reverse legend : LIBERTE. EGALITE. FRATERNITE / 1959.
Reverse description : 1 / FRANC au-dessus d'une branche d'olivier.
Commentary
Rarissimes essais en or qui étaient offerts à quelques poignées de hauts dignitaires ; selon l’ouvrage “Essais Monétaires & Piéforts Français” de Michel Taillard et Michel Arnaud, la quantité estimée est inférieure à 10 exemplaires !
Le coffret vert d’origine est fourni avec l’exemplaire vendu.
Le coffret vert d’origine est fourni avec l’exemplaire vendu.
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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