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This specimen was lot 74728 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, October 2024), where it did not sell. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[France|FRANCE]]. 2 Centimes, 1857-MA. Marseille Mint. Napoleon III. PCGS MS-64 Red Brown. Shimmery and satiny with elegant brown color over its crisp, brilliant surfaces. From the Richard Margolis Collection." The regime of Napoleon III finally carried out plans developed during the 1840's to melt down and remint all the old copper circulating in France, some of it dating back to before the Revolution of 1789. Several branch mints were reopened for this purpose. The existing mints were Paris ("A"), Strasbourg ("BB") and Bordeaux ("K"); the reopened mints were Lille ("W"), Marseilles ("MA", shown here), Rouen ("B") and Lyon ("D"). The two centimes is the scarcest of the bronze denominations of Napoleon III, tho it is not rare. The 1857-A from Paris is a common date but proofs are rare. The total production for the series is about 58 million. All the bronze two centimes pieces were demonetized in 1940 but by then were worthless.
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This specimen was lot 74728 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, October 2024), where it did not sell. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[France|FRANCE]]. 2 Centimes, 1857-MA. Marseille Mint. Napoleon III. PCGS MS-64 Red Brown. Shimmery and satiny with elegant brown color over its crisp, brilliant surfaces. From the Richard Margolis Collection." This specimen was offered again as lot 74844 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for $125. The regime of Napoleon III finally carried out plans developed during the 1840's to melt down and remint all the old copper circulating in France, some of it dating back to before the Revolution of 1789. Several branch mints were reopened for this purpose. The existing mints were Paris ("A"), Strasbourg ("BB") and Bordeaux ("K"); the reopened mints were Lille ("W"), Marseilles ("MA", shown here), Rouen ("B") and Lyon ("D"). The two centimes is the scarcest of the bronze denominations of Napoleon III, tho it is not rare. The 1857-MA from Marseille is a common date. The total production for the series is about 58 million. All the bronze two centimes pieces were demonetized in 1940 but by then were worthless.
  
 
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Latest revision as of 09:09, 11 March 2025

Stack's Bowers October 2024 Collector's Choice sale, lot 74728
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This specimen was lot 74728 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, October 2024), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted, "FRANCE. 2 Centimes, 1857-MA. Marseille Mint. Napoleon III. PCGS MS-64 Red Brown. Shimmery and satiny with elegant brown color over its crisp, brilliant surfaces. From the Richard Margolis Collection." This specimen was offered again as lot 74844 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for $125. The regime of Napoleon III finally carried out plans developed during the 1840's to melt down and remint all the old copper circulating in France, some of it dating back to before the Revolution of 1789. Several branch mints were reopened for this purpose. The existing mints were Paris ("A"), Strasbourg ("BB") and Bordeaux ("K"); the reopened mints were Lille ("W"), Marseilles ("MA", shown here), Rouen ("B") and Lyon ("D"). The two centimes is the scarcest of the bronze denominations of Napoleon III, tho it is not rare. The 1857-MA from Marseille is a common date. The total production for the series is about 58 million. All the bronze two centimes pieces were demonetized in 1940 but by then were worthless.

Recorded mintage: 1,249,831.

Specification: 2 g, bronze, 20 mm diameter, plain edge, designed by Jean-Jacques Barré (1793-1855).

Catalog reference: F.107/50, KM-776.6, Gad-103.

Source:

  • 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.
  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, October 2024 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, featuring the S.P. Rutherford Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.

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