France 2003 5 euro KM-1347
This specimen was lot 2897 in Steve Album Auction 51 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2025), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted, "FRANCE: Republic, AV/AR 5 euro, 2003, The Sower // Map of Europe, bimetal, gold insert into silver base, mintage of only 2,504 pieces, PCGS graded Proof 69 DCAM, S." The treaty which established the euro in 1999 gave specifications for the one cent thru two euro coins which are legal tender throughout the European Union. Higher denominations are not legal tender and each country is free to issue commemoratives as it sees fit, a right the Paris mint has ruthlessly exploited. We follow the auctioneers in attributing this to KM 1347 even tho that catalog number does not mention a 2003 issue and the 2002 issue depicted therein has a different reverse.
Recorded mintage: 2,504 proofs.
Specification: 24.9 g, bimetallic (22.2 g silver/2.7 g gold), 37 mm diameter, plain edge.
Catalog reference: cf. KM-1347, N-55736.
- Gadoury, Victor, Monnaies Françaises, 1789-2019, 24me éd., Monaco: Éditions Victor Gadoury, 2019.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 2001-Date, 13th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2018.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 51, featuring the Howard Daniel III Collection of Asian Coins, the Almer H. Orr III Collection of World Coins and the Joe Sedillot Collection of German Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.
Links:
- 2003 10 cent
- 2003 10 euro, centennial of the Tour de France
- 2003 10 euro, Europa
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- 2003 20 euro, centennial of the Tour de France, cyclist left
- 2003 20 euro, la Semeuse
- 2003 20 euro, Mona Lisa, silver
- 2003 50 euro, gold Europa
- 2003 100 euro, Mona Lisa, gold
- 2007 5 euro, La Semeuse, 1/25 oz gold
- Coins and currency dated 2003
- return to Euro coinage of France (1999 to date)