France 1980 10 centimes

Heritage sale 3064, part of lot 30828

This specimen was part of lot 30828 in Heritage sale 3064 (Chicago, April 2018), which sold for $14,400. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Republic Ten-piece Piefort gold Set 1980 1 Centime-50 Francs, 1) 1 Centimes, PR62 Ultra Cameo NGC; 2) 5 Centimes, PR65 Ultra Cameo NGC; 3) 10 Centimes, PR63 Ultra Cameo NGC; 4) 20 Centimes, PR64 Ultra Cameo NGC; 5) 1/2 Franc, PR67 NGC; 6) 1 Franc, Proof Details (Rim Filing) NGC, there appears to be an edge test cut; 7) 2 Francs, PR66 NGC; 8) 5 Francs, PR66 NGC; 9) 10 Francs, PR68 NGC; 10) 50 Francs, PR65 Ultra Cameo NGC; KM-P655. Extremely rare as a complete set and the only set we have seen." This specimen is from a type struck at the Paris mint for France 1962-2001 and shares a design with the five and twenty centimes.

Recorded mintage: 140,010,011 plus 127 in gold (KM P661) and 528 in silver (KM P660).

Specification: aluminum bronze, 20 mm diameter, 3 g, plain edge.

Catalog reference: F.144/20, KM 929, KM P661 (gold).

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.
• ^[2]Prieur, Michel, and Laurent Schmitt, Le Franc 10: Les Monnaies, Paris: Éditions les Chevau-légers, 2014.
• ^[1]Cristiano Bierrenbach and Warren Tucker, Heritage World Coin Auction 3064, featuring the Doug Robins Collection of Canadian Tokens, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2018.

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