France 1982 100 francs

from Stephen Album sale 41, lot 2847

This specimen was lot 2847 in Stephen Album sale 41 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2021), where it sold for $360. The catalog description^[1] noted, "FRANCE: AR 100 francs piéfort, 1982, NGC graded PF67 UC, R." This specimen is from a type struck at the Paris mint for France 1982-2001 altho most years saw the denomination struck only for collector sets. The precious metal issues were strictly for insiders and collectors.

Recorded mintage: 3,029,711 plus 999 pieforts.

Specification: regular issue 15 g, 0.900 fine silver, 31 mm diameter, plain edge.

Catalog reference: KM-P751, KM-951, F.451/2.

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.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 41, featuring the Dick Nanta Collection of Giray Khans, Part II, the Charles Opitz Collection of Ethnographic Money, Part II, and the Allan F. Pacela Collection of Chinese Coins. Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2021.

Link to:

• 1982 10 centimes
• 1982 10 francs, Gambetta
• 1984 gold 100 francs, Marie Curie
• 1985 100 francs, Pantheon, piedfort struck in platinum
• Coins and currency dated 1982