View source for France 1979 10 centimes KM P630

[[Image:France 1979 10 centimes obv Heritage 3005-20913.jpg|300px|thumb|Heritage sale 3005, lot 20913]]
[[Image:France 1979 10 centimes rev Heritage 3005-20913.jpg|300px|thumb|photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries]]

This specimen was lot 20913 in Heritage sale 3005 (Long Beach, May 2009), where it sold for $431.25. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "Republic gold Piefort 10 Centimes 1979, Proof 67 Ultra Cameo NGC, rare with a mintage of 300 in gold." France has long struck presentation pieces on extra thick planchets. This became a profitable business for the Paris mint, starting in the early sixties. Some disdain these issues, saying they are not part of the regular series; 'tis the collector's choice whether to include them.

''Recorded mintage:'' 300 gold pieforts, 600 silver pieforts, 300 aluminum bronze pieforts. 140,000,000 struck for circulation.

''Specification:'' 31.1 g, 0.900 fine gold, .900 troy oz AGW. 

''Catalog reference:'' KM 929 (regular issue), KM P630 (gold piefort). 

''[[Bibliography|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.
* Prieur, Michel, and Laurent Schmitt,  ''Le Franc 10: Les Monnaies,''  Paris: Éditions les Chevau-légers, 2014.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Tucker, Warren, and Scott Cordry, ''Heritage Signature Auction 3005: World Coins,'' Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2009.

''Links to:''
* [[France 1975 10 centimes|1975 10 centimes]]
* [[France 1979 5 centimes|1979 5 centimes]]
* [[France 1979 20 centimes|1979 20 centimes]]
* [[France 1979 1/2 franc|1979 ½ franc]]
* [[France 1979 franc|1979 franc]]
* [[France 1979 2 francs|1979 2 francs, struck in gold]]
* [[France 1979 5 francs|1979 5 francs, struck in gold]]
* [[France 1979 10 francs|1979 10 francs]]
* [[France 1979 50 francs|1979 50 francs]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1979]]

[[Category: Selections from Heritage sale 3005]][[Category: Gold coins of France]]