France 1990 100 francs KM-982

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This issue, an NCLT, honors long vanished king Charlemagne. Le Franc comments,

"Probablement pour commémorer un grand précursor de l'Europe unie, certes à la pointe de l'épée mais nul n'est parfait, la 100 francs commemorative de 1990 célébre la mémoire de Charlemagne (742-814), empereur d'Occident, don't l'empire allait des marches d'Espagne à la Saxe et é l'Italie. Le portrait de cette 100 francs, quoique esthetiquement intéressant, est completement imaginaire, particulierement pour la barbe. (Probably to commemorate the great precursor of European unity, certainly at the point of a sword but nobody's perfect, the commemorative 100 francs of 1990 celebrates the memory of Charlemagne, emperor of the West. His empire stretched from the marches of Spain to Saxony and Italy. The portrait, while artistically interesting, is completely imaginary, especially in the beard.)"

This type was demonetized with the coming of the euro and now trades for bullion. This type was also struck in gold and is rare thus.

Recorded mintage: 4,960,411.

Specification: 31 mm diameter, 15 g, 0.900 fine silver, plain edge.

Catalog reference: F.458/2; KM-982.

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:

• 1989 100 francs, Human Rights
• 1990 5 francs
• 1990 10 francs, Genius of the Bastille, struck in bimetallic gold/silver
• 1990 500 francs, Charlemagne, platinum
• 1991 100 francs, René Descartes
• Coins and currency dated 1990
• return to coins of France