France 1969 10 francs

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This specimen is a slightly better date of a type struck at the Paris mint 1965-73. The mint's attempt to circulate a silver five francs in 1960-65 having proved a failure, they tried again with this silver ten francs which was also massively hoarded. The coin is very rare in circulated condition tho bumps, scratches and hairlines are common. The design is a near clone of the Union et Force five francs minted in during the first Republic of France.

Recorded mintage: 760,550.

Specification: 25 g, 0.900 fine silver, 37 mm diameter, .723 troy oz ASW, decorated edge, after a design by Augustin Dupré (1748-1833).

Catalog reference: F.364/8, KM 932.

Source:

• Gadoury, Victor, Monnaies Françaises, 1789-2019, 24me éd., Monaco: Éditions Victor Gadoury, 2019.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• Prieur, Michel, and Laurent Schmitt, Le Franc 10: Les Monnaies, Paris: Éditions les Chevau-légers, 2014.

Link to:

• 1968 10 francs
• 1969 5 centimes
• 1969 franc
• 1969 5 francs
• 1970 10 francs
• 1971 10 francs, struck in gold
• Coins and currency dated 1969