France 2007 10 euro KM-1480
This specimen was lot 35454 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Chicago, August 2022), where it sold for $480. The catalog description[1] noted, "FRANCE. 10 Euros, 2007. Paris Mint. GEM PROOF. Includes original box of issue." The Paris mint issued numerous ten euro coins in 2007, including KM 1418, 1420, 1453, 1474, 1478, 1480 (shown here), 1485, 1489, 1502, 1508, 1512 and 1519, on all manner of topics. All are NCLT's. The Airbus A380, intended to challenge the Boeing 747, first flew in 2003 and entered service with Singapore Airlines in 2007. Only 251 were built before production ended in 2021. The airlines switched from hub-and-spoke networks to point-to-point, for which wide body twin jets offer greater fuel efficiency.
Recorded mintage: 1,000 proofs.
Specification: 8.45 g, 0.920 fine gold, 22 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-1480, Fr-B5.
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- 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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The 2022 ANA Auction - Ancients & World Coins - Featuring The Salton Collection Part III, the Augustana Collection and the Robert C. Knepper Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.
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