France 1993 500 francs Fr-624b

Stack's Bowers 2020 ANA sale, lot 22593

This specimen was lot 22593 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Las Vegas, August 2020), where it sold for $1,680. The catalog description^[1] noted, "FRANCE. 500 Francs, 1993. NGC PROOF-70 Ultra Cameo. Arc de Triumph. A technically flawless proof with hard mirrored fields and frosted cameo devices." A silver 100 francs (KM 1031) accompanied this issue. The major French coin catalogs such as Gadoury and Le Franc disdain to list these NCLT's, considering them little more than gift shop souvenirs. The price realized for this example suggests that there are collectors who disagree.

Recorded mintage: 5,000.

Specification: 17 g, 0.920 fine gold.

Catalog reference: Fr-624b; KM-1034.

Source:

• Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The August 2020 ANA Auction: World Coins, featuring the Duke of Lansing Collection, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2020.

Link to:

• 1991 silver 100 francs, René Descartes
• 1991 500 francs, Winter Olympics, Coubertin
• 1993 5 francs
• 1993 20 francs, Mediterranean Games
• 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 gold 500 francs, Élysée Treaty
• Coins and currency dated 1993