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This issue is a common date of a type struck at the Paris mint for [[France]] 1979-2001. Some dates, such as 1984-93, 1995, 1997 and 1999, are only available from FDC sets. A few struck in medal alignment exist.

''Recorded mintage'': 120,000,000.

''Specification:'' 7.5 g, nickel, 26.5 mm diameter.

''Catalog reference:'' KM 942.1, F.272/5.

''[[Bibliography|Sources]]'':
* Gadoury, Victor, ''Monnaies Françaises, 1789-2019, 24me éd.,'' Monaco: Éditions Victor Gadoury, 2019.
* Prieur, Michel, and Laurent Schmitt, ''Le Franc 10: Les Monnaies,'' Paris: Éditions les Chevau-légers, 2014.
* Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

''Link to:''
* [[France 1980 2 francs|1980 2 francs, struck in gold]]
* [[France 1981 5 centimes|1981 5 centimes]]
* [[France 1981 20 centimes|1981 20 centimes, struck in silver]]
* [[France 1985 2 francs]], struck in platinum
* [[Coins and currency dated 1981]]

[[Category:Selections from the Mountain Groan Collection]][[Category:Base metal coinage of France]]

France 1981 2 francs - Revision history

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