France 1917 25 centimes KM-867
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The second specimen was lot 74855 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for $145. The catalog description[1] noted, "FRANCE. 25 Centimes, 1917. Paris Mint. PCGS MS-67. Struck in Nickel." This type was struck 1914-17 and superseded a 22-sided coin struck 1904-05 (F.169). Wartime shortages caused the government to convert the denomination to copper-nickel in 1917 and this date is rare. It may distinguished from the copper-nickel issue by being magnetic and having an underline in "CMES</sup".
Recorded mintage: 65,038.
Specification: nickel, 5 g, 24 mm diameter, plain edge, designed by E. E. Lindauer (1869-1942).
Catalog reference: KM-867; Gad-379; F.170/5.
- Gadoury, Victor, Monnaies Françaises, 1789-2019, 24me éd., Monaco: Éditions Victor Gadoury, 2019.
- Prieur, Michel, and Laurent Schmitt, Le Franc 10: Les Monnaies, Paris: Éditions les Chevau-légers, 2014.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, February 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancients, World Coins & World Paper Money, David B. Simpson Medals & World Coins Part 1, Selections from the Richard Margolis Collection, and Selections from the L. E. Bruun Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.
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