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2 centimes Cérès Epreuve en argent
| Issuer | Monnaie de Paris |
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| Year | 1877 |
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| Value | 2 Centimes (0.02) |
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| Obverse description | Left-facing draped bust of Cérès, the Roman goddess of agriculture, rendered as an allegory of the French Republic, her hair elaborately coiffed and bound with a wreath of wheat ears. The encircling legend REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE arcs across the upper field, divided by the effigy, with three small stars flanking the base of the bust. The date 1877 appears in the lower exergue. The whole is contained within a fine beaded border. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Épreuves in silver of bronze denominations occupy a peculiar niche in French numismatics — they were struck not for circulation but as presentation pieces and archival specimens, produced in tiny numbers for official records and select collectors. The Third Republic's coinage program under the direction of the Monnaie de Paris generated these silver trial strikes systematically through the 1870s, with surviving examples almost exclusively in institutional or long-held private collections.
The GEM reference places this firmly within the documented Cérès series trials. Mintage figures, where they survive at all, rarely exceed single or double digits.