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<p>Created page with &quot;<a href="/index.php/File:SB223-73150o.jpg" title="File:SB223-73150o.jpg">300px|thumb|Stack&#039;s Bowers February 2023 Collector&#039;s Choice sale, lot 73150</a> <a href="/index.php/File:SB223-73150r.jpg" title="File:SB223-73150r.jpg">300px|thumb</a> This specimen was lot 73150 in S...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>[[Image:SB223-73150o.jpg|300px|thumb|Stack's Bowers February 2023 Collector's Choice sale, lot 73150]]<br /> [[Image:SB223-73150r.jpg|300px|thumb]]<br /> <br /> This specimen was lot 73150 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2023), where it sold for $240. The catalog description&lt;sup&gt;[1]&lt;/sup&gt; noted, &quot;[[France|FRANCE]]. Silver 2 Francs Piefort, 1979. Paris Mint. NGC PROOF-69. An attractive offering with satin like surfaces and a lovely beach scene from the South Pacific of French Polynesia on the reverse.&quot; This type was struck for Tahiti and her neighbors, known as [[French Polynesia]], starting in 1973. The silver pieforts were strictly for collectors.<br /> <br /> ''Recorded mintage:'' 2,000,000 for circulation plus 130 aluminum pieforts plus 250 silver pieforts, plus 95 in gold. <br /> <br /> ''Specification:'' 2.30 g, aluminum, 27 mm diameter.<br /> <br /> ''Catalog reference:'' KM 10, KM-P14 (silver piefort). <br /> <br /> ''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''<br /> * Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.<br /> * &lt;sup&gt;[1]&lt;/sup&gt;Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, ''February 2023 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, featuring the David Sterling Collection,'' Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.<br /> <br /> ''Link to:''<br /> * [[French Polynesia 1979 100 francs|1979 100 francs, silver piefort]]<br /> * [[French Polynesia 1985 10 francs|1985 10 francs]]<br /> * [[French Polynesia 1986 franc|1986 franc]]<br /> * [[French Polynesia 1986 2 francs|1986 2 francs]]<br /> * [[French Polynesia 1986 5 francs|1986 5 francs]]<br /> * [[French Polynesia 1986 100 francs|1986 100 francs]]<br /> * [[Coins and currency dated 1979]]<br /> <br /> [[Category:Selections from the Stack's Bowers 2023 Collector's Choice sale]][[Category: Aluminum coins of the world]]</div>

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