France 1985 100 francs KM-957

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This issue, an NCLT, commemorates the centennial of Emile Zola's novel Germinal. Le Franc warns that circulating counterfeits exist. It was demonetized with the coming of the euro and now trades for bullion. This type was also struck in gold (Fr-600) and is rare thus.

Recorded mintage: 4,000,511.

Specification: 15 g, 0.900 fine silver, plain edge.

Catalog reference: F.453/2; KM-957.

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:

• 1984 100 francs, Marie Curie
• 1985 ½ franc, piedfort struck in platinum
• 1985 franc, piedfort struck in platinum
• 1985 2 francs, piedfort struck in platinum
• 1985 5 francs, piedfort struck in platinum
• 1985 10 francs, Mathieu, struck in platinum
• 1985 10 francs, Victor Hugo
• 1985 100 francs, piedfort struck in platinum
• 1985 100 francs, Emile Zola, gold
• 1986 100 francs, Statue of Liberty, struck in gold
• 1987 100 francs, Lafayette
• Coins and currency dated 1985
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