Details
LOT 3480
France. Third Republic AR 2 Francs Folding Magnifier. Dated 1915.
REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE, female figure to left, sowing seed "La Semeuse"; O. Roty below / LIBERTE · EGALITE · FRATERNITE, denomination above branch; date below. KM 845.1. Fine. Loop detached from one side.(16.43gr, 31mm including loop.).
Provenance
Ex Coincraft, London, UK.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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