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''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
 
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* 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.
 
* 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.
 
* Prieur, Michel, and Laurent Schmitt, ''Le Franc 10: Les Monnaies,'' Paris: Éditions les Chevau-légers, 2014.
  
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* [[France 1965 10 francs|1965 10 francs]]
 
* [[France 1965 10 francs|1965 10 francs]]
 
* [[France 1966 5 centimes|1966 5 centimes, struck in gold]]
 
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* [[France 1966 10 centimes|1966 10 centimes]]
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* [[France 1966 20 centimes|1966 20 centimes]]
 
* [[France 1966 1/2 franc|1966 ½ franc]]
 
* [[France 1966 1/2 franc|1966 ½ franc]]
 
* [[France 1966 5 francs|1966 5 francs]]
 
* [[France 1966 5 francs|1966 5 francs]]
* [[France 1969 10 francs|1969 10 francs]]
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* [[France 1967 10 francs|1967 10 francs]]
 
* [[Coins and currency dated 1966]]
 
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[[Category:Silver ecus of France]][[Category:Selections from the Mountain Groan Collection]]
 
[[Category:Silver ecus of France]][[Category:Selections from the Mountain Groan Collection]]

Latest revision as of 20:44, 3 December 2024

from the Mountain Groan Collection
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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:

  • 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.

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