France 1993 10 centimes

from the Stonecat Collection

This specimen is a common date of a type struck at the Paris mint for France 1962-2001. Some of the later dates, such as 1999 and 2001, are only available from FDC sets. This type was accompanied by a similar twenty, five and fifty centimes (until 1964). All were demonetized with the coming of the euro in 2002.

Recorded mintage: 149,968,011 plus 5,309 proofs.

Specification: 3 g, aluminum-bronze, 20 mm diameter, plain edge, designed by Henri Lagriffoul (1907-81) and Adrien Dieudonné (1912-82).

Catalog reference: F.144/35, KM 929, Gad-293.

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:

• 1988 10 centimes
• 1993 2 francs, Jean Moulin
• 1993 5 francs, La Semeuse
• 1993 20 francs, Mediterranean Games
• 1993 gold 500 francs, Arc de Triomphe
• 1993 100 francs, bicentennial of the Louvre Museum, the coronation of Napoleon
• 1993 500 francs, Louvre Bicentennial - Mona Lisa
• 1993 500 francs, Venus de Milo
• 1994 10 centimes
• 1994 20 centimes
• Coins and currency dated 1993
• return to coins of France