Essai piéfort ( half) in bronze of the 10 centimes (1898), without the word essai
LIBERTE – EGALITE – FRATERNITE / 10 C _ (year)
REPUBLIQUE – FRANÇAISE
- Weight around: 15.00 grs.
- Diameter: 30.00 mm.
- Die axis: 6h.
- Edge: smooth and stamped with cornucopia and ''BRONZE''.
Photo of a coin sold by cgb.fr, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1317860, link to their website: https://www.cgbfr.com/.
| N° | Année | G | F | XF 40 | AU 58 | MS 63 | MS 65 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1898 | - | - | 150 | 250 | 350 | - |
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.
As pointed out by Michel Taillard and Michel Arnaud in "Essais monétaires & piéforts français" on page 122, this piefort weighs only 50% more than the normal weight.