France 2011 10 cent

from the Mountain Groan Collection

The specimen shown is an example of a type struck in France 2007-14. France began minting euros in 1999. The obverse image is loosely based on the iconic La Semuese of Oscar Roty and also appears on the twenty cent and fifty cent.

Recorded mintage: 100,000,000 plus 40,000 proofs.

Specification: 4.07 g, brass, 19.7 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: Gad-4b, KM 1410.

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, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

Link to:

• 2007 20 cent
• 2010 10 cent
• 2011 2 cent
• 2011 10 euro, 25th anniversary of the death of Andy Warhol
• 2014 10 cent
• Coins and currency dated 2011
• return to coins of France