France 1963 10 centimes

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This specimen is a common date of a type struck at the Paris mint for France 1962-2001. Unlike some of the other denominations of the Fifth Republic, this type was struck in large quantities (over five billion total, the highest of any French coin type) until the end of the franc in 2001. It superseded the ten francs of the Fourth Republic.

Recorded mintage: 217,601,000.

Specification: 3 g, aluminum-bronze, 20 mm diameter, designed by Henri Lagriffoul (1907-81) and Adrien Dieudonné (1912-82).

Catalog reference: F.144/3, KM 929.

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.
• Prieur, Michel, and Laurent Schmitt, Le Franc 10: Les Monnaies, Paris: Éditions les Chevau-légers, 2014.

Link to:

• 1954 10 francs
• 1962 10 centimes, struck in gold
• 1963 5 centimes
• 1963 50 centimes
• 1964 10 centimes
• Coins and currency dated 1963