Triton XIX, Lot: 2342. Estimate $3000. Sold for $13000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE, Deuxième République. 1848-1852. AV Essai de 20 Francs (21mm, 6.46 g, 6h). Paris mint. Dies by Bouvet. Dated 1848. Laureate female head right, wearing crested Attic helmet / Denomination and date within wreath. Guilloteau 3018; Mazard 1243; KM –. Superb EF, highly lustrous, proof-like surface.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from M. Louis Teller, November 1996.