Live auction - fmd_644741 - Essai-Piéfort de 1 franc Semeuse, nickel 1959 Paris GEM.104 EP
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| Estimate : | 700 € |
| Price : | 451 € |
| Maximum bid : | 451 € |
| End of the sale : | 09 March 2021 19:19:35 |
| bidders : | 3 bidders |
Type : Essai-Piéfort de 1 franc Semeuse, nickel
Date: 1959
Mint name / Town : Paris
Quantity minted : 104
Metal : nickel
Diameter : 24 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 12 g.
Edge : lisse
Obverse
Obverse legend : REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE..
Obverse description : La République à gauche, sous les traits d'une semeuse drapée et coiffée d'un bonnet phrygien, aux cheveux longs, marchant et semant à contre-vent ; en arrière-plan, derrière la semeuse à droite, un soleil levant, et, à gauche ESSAI ; au-dessous, en creux O. ROTY.
Reverse
Reverse legend : LIBERTE. EGALITE. FRATERNITE..
Reverse description : 1 / FRANC, en deux lignes au-dessus d'une branche d'olivier tournée à gauche; au-dessous, 1959 encadré des différents.
Commentary
Essai-piéfort assez rare : seulement 104 exemplaires !.
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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