France 1991 100 francs KM-996

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This issue, an NCLT, honors mathematician and philosopher René Descartes (1596-1650). This type was demonetized with the coming of the euro and now trades for bullion. This type was also struck in gold and platinum and is rare thus.

Recorded mintage: 3,965,311.

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

Catalog reference: F.458/2; KM-996.

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:

• 1990 100 francs, Charlesmagne
• 1991 centime
• 1991 500 francs, Coubertin
• 1991 500 francs, René Descartes, platinum
• 1993 100 francs, bicentennial of the Louvre Museum, the coronation of Napoleon
• Coins and currency dated 1991
• return to coins of France