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France, Third Republic, silver five francs 1871K, (KM.818.2). Grey patination, very fine, scarce.
Estimate $100
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France, Third Republic, silver five francs 1870A, (KM.819). Good very fine/ nearly extremely fine, scarce.
Estimate $500
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France, Third Republic, silver five francs 1873A, (KM.820.1). Blue and gold patination, uncirculated.
Estimate $250
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France, Third Republic, silver five francs, 1873A (KM.820.1). Nearly uncirculated.
Estimate $100
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France, Third Republic, silver five francs 1878K, (KM.820.2). Toned, nearly uncirculated, scarce.
Estimate $500
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France, Third Republic, De Gaulle's Provisional Government, Fourth and Fifth Republic, silver one franc 1872K (KM.822.2); 1895A (KM.822.1); 1898 (KM.844.1); 1921 (KM.876); 1937 (KM.885), 1947, 1948B, 1945C, (KM.885a.1, .2, .3); Vichy French State, 1943, 1944B, 1944C, (KM.902.1, .2, .3); 1989 (KM.967, 1992 (KM.1004.1), 1995 (KM.1133), 1996 (KM.1160), 2001 proof (KM.925.2). Extremely fine - FDC. (16)
Estimate $200
SOLD $120
France, Third Republic, De Gaulle's Provisional Government, Fourth and Fifth Republic, silver two francs 1898 (KM.845.1); 1921 (KM.877); 1939 (KM.886), 1945, 1950B, 1945C, (KM.886a.1, .2, .3); Vichy French State, 1943, 1943B, 1944C, (KM.904.1, .2, .3); 1944 (KM.905); 1993 (KM.1062), 1995 (KM.1119), 1997 (KM.1187), 1998 (KM.1213), 2001 proof (KM.942.2) (FDC). Extremely fine - FDC. (15)
Estimate $200
SOLD $120
France, Third Republic, silver two francs 1914C, (KM.845.2). Light golden peripheral patination, uncirculation.
Estimate $150
SOLD $160
France, Third Republic, variety without central hole, ten centimes 1918 (KM.866a). Nearly uncirculated and very rare.
Estimate $300
SOLD $190
France, Third Republic, Fourth and Fifth Republic, silver ten francs 1929 (KM.878); 1970 (KM.932); copper-nickel and aluminium bronze 1947, (KM.908.1); 1946B, (KM.908.2); 1948, 1948B (KM.909.1, .2); 1957 (KM.915.1); 1979, (KM.940); 1982 Gambetta (KM.950); 1983 Montgolfier balloon (KM.952); 1983 Stendhal (KM.953); 1984 Rude, (KM.954); 1985 Victor Hugo (KM.956); 1986 Schuman (KM.958); 1986 Madam Republic (KM.959); 1987 King Capet (KM.961d); bimettalic 2001 (KM.964.2); 1988 Roland Garros (KM.965). Extremely fine - uncirculated. (18)
Estimate $150
SOLD $130
France, Third Republic, silver five francs 1936, (KM.879). Trace of mint bloom, good extremely fine - nearly uncirculated, rare.
Estimate $1,000
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France, Third Republic, De Gaulle's Provisional Government, Fourth Republic, five francs 1933 (KM.887); 1938 (KM.888) (near EF), 1940, 1945 (unc), 1946, 1946B, 1946C, 1947, 1947B, 1950, (KM.888a.1, .2, 888b.1, .2, .3). Extremely fine - uncirculated. (10)
Estimate $200
SOLD $140
France, Fourth Republic, brass five francs 1946C, (KM.888a.3). Brilliant uncirculated, scarce.
Estimate $250
SOLD $200
France, Vichy French State, copper nickel five francs, 1943, (KM.901). Nearly uncirculated, rare.
Estimate $300
SOLD $200
France, Fourth and Fifth Republic, silver twenty francs 1950B (KM.916.2); twenty francs tri-metallic 1992 (2, both varieties), 1999 (proof) (KM.1008.2); 1993 Mediterranean games (KM.1016); 1994 de Coubertin (KM.1036); aluminium bronze fifty francs 1952, 1951B (KM.918.1, 918.2); silver fifty francs 1974 (KM.941.1); copper-nickel one hundred francs 1958 (wing), 1957B, (KM.919.1, 919.2); silver one hundred francs 1983 (KM.951.1). Extremely fine - uncirculated. (12)
Estimate $250
SOLD $150
France, Fifth Republic, silver five francs, 1964, (KM.926); copper nickel normal and commemorative issues five francs, 1996 (KM.1155); 2001, (KM.926a.2) Proof; 1989, Eiffel Tower, (KM.968); 1992, Mendes France, (KM.1006); 1994, Voltaire, (KM.1063); 1995, 50th anniv. UN (KM.1118). Extremely - nearly uncirculated, one FDC. (7)
Estimate $120
SOLD $80
France, Republic, silver five francs, 1962, 1963 (20) (KM.926). Toned extremely fine - uncirculated. (21)
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
France, Republic, silver ten francs, 1965 (4), 1966, 1967 (2), 1970 (2) (KM.932). Toned, extremely fine - uncirculated. (9)
Estimate $150
SOLD $100
France and colonies, and other European issues, 1600s-1920s, almost all copper minors, noted issues from France, French Indo China, Haiti, Guiana (French Cayenne 2 sous 1789A [2] and ten centimes 1863), Germany, Netherlands (Hollandia 1742), also Belgium, St Bernard prison currency, five centimes, 1833, and Burma, quarter pe, c1860s. An interesting selection in 2x2 holders as originally packaged many years ago, poor - very fine. (38)
Estimate $200
SOLD $280
French Indo China, ten cents 1888, 1896 torch (KM.2, 2a), 1914 (2, one uncirculated), 1920, 1922 (KM.9, 14, 16.1); twenty cents, 1885, 1895 (KM.3), 1896 (KM.3a), 1899, 1900 (KM.10), 1920 (KM.15). Very fine - uncirculated some scarce to rare. (12)
Estimate $500
SOLD $400
French Indo China, quarter cent, 1942 (KM.25); half cent, 1939 (KM.20); one cent, 1920, 1923, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1943 (KM.12.1, 2, 3, 24.2, 24.3, 26) five cents, 1930, 1939, 1943, 1946 (2), (KM.18.1, a, 27, 30.1, 2); ten cents, 1937, 1940, 1941 (2), 1945 (2) (KM.16.2,21.1,1a (2), 28.1,.2); twenty cents, 1930, 1937, 1939 (2), 1941, 1945 (3) (KM.17.1, .2, 23, 23a.1, .2, 29.1 (2), 29.3). Very fine - choice uncirculated. (27)
Estimate $120
SOLD $90
French Indo China, Yunnan or Burma, silver tael, c1943, possibly made in Hanoi, 40mm, (37.11 g), obv. in Burmese and Chinese, 'Genuine silver one tael', rev. stag head with large antlers in linear circle (Kann 939; KM.A4). Weakly struck as usual, very fine and rare.
Estimate $2,000
SOLD $3,500