France 2010 10 euro KM-1675

from the Mountain Groan Collection

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 in France has ruthlessly exploited. This commemorative honoring the new franc is noted for 2009-10.

Recorded mintage: 10,000.

Specification: 22.2 g., 0.900 fine silver, 37 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 1675.

Source:

• 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.

Link to:

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• 2009 250 euro
• 2010 cent
• 2010 2 cent
• 2010 10 cent
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• 2010 500 euro, gold Semeuse
• 2010 500 euro, Pablo Picasso
• 2011 10 euro, 25th anniversary of the death of Andy Warhol
• 2012 5000 euro Hercules
• Coins and currency dated 2010
• return to coins of France