Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 1895. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE. Third Republic. 1871-1940. AV 100 Francs (32.34 g, 6h). Paris mint; Dupré, engraver. Dated 1908A. Winged Genius of France standing right with left leg cocked, holding stylus and tablet inscribed CONSTI/TUTION set on cippus; fasces surmounted by hand to left; cock to right / 100/FRANCS/1908 in three lines across fields within oak wreath; (cornucopiae) A (lighted torch) torch in exergue. VG 1137a; Friedberg 590; KM 858. EF, light field marks and minor hairlines, spot of die rust on obverse, traces of luster. ($500)

From the John F. Sullivan Collection.