France 1871-K 50 centimes

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from the Stack's Bowers 2017 ANA sale, lot 22292
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This specimen was lot 22292 in Stack's Bowers ANA Auction (Denver, CO, August 2017), where it sold for $129.25. The catalog description[1] noted, "FRANCE. 50 Centimes, 1871-K. Bordeaux Mint. PCGS MS-64. Sharply struck with attractive iridescent toning." This dime-sized coin was struck at Paris during the Third Republic of France (1870-1940). It is a better date of a type struck 1871-95. All issues are Paris mint except for the Bordeaux mint (mintmark "K") issues of 1871-73. Like all fifty centimes struck after 1864, the fineness was only .835. It was demonetized in 2005 but ceased to circulate in the 1920's.

Recorded mintage: 722,980, a better date.

Specification: 2.5 g, 0.835 fine silver, 18 mm diameter, reeded edge. It was designed by Eugène André Oudiné, 1810-1887. This head of Cérès was originally used on the 50 centimes of 1849-51.

Catalog reference: F.189/2, KM-834.2.

Source:

  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • [1]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio and Chris Chatigny, The August 2017 Denver ANA Auction: Ancients, Selections from The Richard Stuart Collection & World Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2017.
  • Gadoury, Victor, Monnaies Françaises, 1789-2019, 24me éd., Monaco: Éditions Victor Gadoury, 2019.
  • Prieur, Michel, and Laurent Schmitt, Le Franc 10: Les Monnaies, Paris: Éditions les Chevau-légers, 2014.

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