World Coins and Tokens
World Coins and Tokens, France, Fifth Republic, ‘Concours Monétaire 1961’, an official specimen set of 14 x 20 centimes, struck in bronze-aluminium, displaying each side of the seven designs, none of the coins marked as an essai, in velvet-lined fitted leather case of issue, the lid embossed in gilt with the misleading title, ‘CONCOURS MONÉTAIRE/1961/50. 20 ET 10 CENTIMES’, choice mint state and extremely rare (14)
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World Coins and Tokens, France, Fifth Republic, ‘Concours Monétaire 1961’, an official specimen set of 14 x 20 centimes, struck in bronze-aluminium, displaying each side of the seven designs, none of the coins marked as an essai, in velvet-lined fitted leather case of issue, the lid embossed in gilt with the misleading title, ‘CONCOURS MONÉTAIRE/1961/50. 20 ET 10 CENTIMES’, choice mint state and extremely rare (14)