France 1972 5 centimes

from the Stonecat Collection

This specimen is a common date of a type struck at the Paris mint for France 1962-2001. Some of the later dates, such as 1989, 1992 and 1999-2001, are only available from FDC sets. This type was accompanied by a similar twenty, ten and fifty centimes (until 1964). All were demonetized with the coming of the euro in 2002. Several dates have "three fold" and "four fold" varieties, so called from the folds in the front of Mlle Liberté's gown.

Recorded mintage: 100,530,000.

Specification: 2 g, aluminum-bronze, 17 mm diameter, plain edge, designed by Henri Lagriffoul (1907-81) and Adrien Dieudonné (1912-82)

Catalog reference: F.125/8, KM 933, Gad-175.

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.

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