France 2000 100 francs KM-1234
This specimen was lot 74764 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, October 2024), where it sold for $1,440. The catalog description[1] noted, "FRANCE. 100 Francs, 2000. Paris Mint. NGC PROOF-70. Commemorating 2000 years of French coinage. Showcasing the Louis IX gold ecu design. Mirrored brassy surfaces stretch across the obverse while the reverse designs are cameoed with frosted highpoints." Starting in the 1980's, the Paris mint issued so many NCLT's that the standard catalogs had to drop them to keep the books a manageable size. This one was struck to honor the écu d'or of Louis IX, a medieval gold coin.
Recorded mintage: 1,000.
Specification: 17 g, 0.920 fine gold, 31 mm diameter, 0.502 troy oz AGW.
Catalog reference: Fr-746; KM 1234.
- 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.
- Gadoury, Victor, Monnaies Françaises, 1789-2019, 24me éd., Monaco: Éditions Victor Gadoury, 2019.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, October 2024 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, featuring the S.P. Rutherford Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.
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