Proof in bronze of the 10 centimes (1897), not dated, without word essai, edge smooth, large reverse strip


Obverse
Obverse legend
Reverse legend
Reverse

LIBERTE – EGALITE – FRATERNITE / 10 C

REPUBLIQUE – FRANÇAISE



Photo of a coin sold by cgb.fr, link to the sale and their website: https://www.cgb.fr/essai-de-10-centimes-daniel-dupuis-sans-le-mot-essai-n-d-gem-33-1-spl64,fmd_313287,a.html.


G F XF 40 AU 58 MS 63 MS 65
1 - - - 1.000 1.500 -

This coin does not seem to exist in a state of conservation inferior than AU or superior to MS 63.

If you have a more worn copy than the known minimum conservation state, remove aproximately 30 percent for each lower conservation state. In the opposite case, you probably have the best known copy, as long as the coin is not sold, we can not know what price will be obtained in auction.

Michel Taillard and Michel Arnaud in "Essais monétaires & piéforts français", page 116, speak of this strike as a matt blank. Is it the same strike or another unlisted? In any case, these coins do not seem to be with matt blank.