France 2000 655.957 francs Fr-734

from the Stack's Bowers 2024 ANA sale, lot 45828

This specimen was lot 45828 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Chicago, August 2024), where it sold for $2,880. The catalog description^[1] noted, "EUROPA. Gold 655.957 Francs, 2000. Paris Mint. NGC PROOF-70 Ultra Cameo." 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 promote the changeover from the franc to the euro. The face value of 655.957 francs = 100 euro.

Recorded mintage: 2,000.

Specification: 31.10 g, 0.999 fine gold, 1 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: Fr-734; KM-1261.

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.
• 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.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, August 2024 Global Showcase Auction, World & Ancient Coins, featuring The Emilio M. Ortiz Collection, The Richard Margolis Collection and The Rutherford Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.

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