(sold for $264.0)

1849, France (2nd Republic). Beautiful Large Silver 5 Francs Coin. PCGS UNC+

Mint Year: 1849 Mint Place: Paris (A) Denomination: 5 Francs References: Davenport 93, KM-761.1. Condition: An absolutely gorgeus lustre uncirculated coin, certified and graded by PCGS as UNC (details: cleaned!) - The cleaning remark is possibly owed to the faint hairlines in reverse fields! Material: Silver (.900) Diameter: 37mm Weight: 25gm

Obverse: Wreathed female head to left, with bound hair and pearl necklace. Star above, engraver's name below. Legend: REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE. / E.A.OUIDINE.F. Reverse: Denomination (5 FRANCS) and date (1849) within wreath, mint initial below, flanked by privy marks. Legend: LIBERTE . EGALITE . FRATERNITE . (privy mark: pointing hand) A (privy mark: oil-lamp)

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The French Second Republic (or simply the Second Republic) was the republican government of France between the 1848 Revolution and the coup by Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte which initiated the Second Empire. It officially adopted the motto Liberte, Egalite, Fraternite. The Second Republic witnessed the tension between the "Social and Democratic Republic" (French: la Republique democratique et sociale) and a liberal form of Republic, which exploded during the June Days Uprising of 1848.