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Three Spectacular Barré Essais

Triton XIX, Lot: 2346. Estimate $5000.
Sold for $27500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE, Second Empire. Napoléon III. 1852-1870. AV Essai de 20 Francs (21mm, 6.33 g, 6h). Paris mint; différents: star and anchor. Dies by Barré. Dated 1861. Laureate head right / Crowned and mantled coat-of-arms over scepters crossed in saltire. Guilloteau 3577; Mazard 1613; KM –. Proof.


From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from M. Louis Teller, October 1999.