France 1980 centime
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 a rare date of a type struck at the Paris mint for France 1962-2001. Struck in large numbers in the sixties and seventies, in later years inflation caused the mint to skip years where possible. Altho all dates were struck for the mint sets sold to collectors, the last date struck for circulation was 1979. The five centimes of 1961-64 shares this stainless steel design.
Recorded mintage: 60,000 for mint sets[2] plus 176 in gold (KM P655) and 570 in silver (KM P654).
Specification: 1.65 g, stainless steel, 15 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: F.106/37, Gad-91, KM 928, KM P655 (in gold).
- 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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