France 1987 100 francs KM-962
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This issue, an NCLT, honors the Marquis de La Fayette (1757-1834), hero of the war of American independence. It was heavily marketed in the United States and is common. It was demonetized with the coming of the euro and now trades for bullion. This type was also struck in gold and is rare thus.
Recorded mintage: 4,820,816.
Specification: 31 mm diameter, 15 g, 0.900 fine silver, plain edge.
Catalog reference: F.455/2; KM-962.
- 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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