France 1966 10 francs

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This specimen is a common date of a type struck at the Paris mint 1965-73. The mint's attempt to circulate a silver five francs in 1960-65 having proved a failure, they tried again with this silver ten francs which was also massively hoarded. The coin is very rare in circulated condition tho bumps, scratches and hairlines are common. The design is a near clone of the Union et Force five francs minted in during the first Republic of France.

Recorded mintage: 9,806,671.

Specification: 25 g, 0.900 fine silver, 37 mm diameter, .723 troy oz ASW, decorated edge, after a design by Augustin Dupré (1748-1833).

Catalog reference: F.364/4, KM 932.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• 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.

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