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* [[France 2001 50 cents|2001 50 cent]] | * [[France 2001 50 cents|2001 50 cent]] | ||
* [[France 2001 euro|2001 euro]] | * [[France 2001 euro|2001 euro]] | ||
| + | * [[France 2001 655.957 francs Fr-734|2001 655.957 francs, introduction of the euro, 1 oz gold]] | ||
* [[France 2002 2 euro|2002 2 euro]] | * [[France 2002 2 euro|2002 2 euro]] | ||
* [[Coins and currency dated 2001]] | * [[Coins and currency dated 2001]] | ||
[[Category:Selections from the Stack's Bowers 2025 Collectors Choice sale]][[Category: Gold coins of France]] | [[Category:Selections from the Stack's Bowers 2025 Collectors Choice sale]][[Category: Gold coins of France]] | ||
Latest revision as of 14:19, 7 July 2025
This specimen was lot 74862 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for $1,920. The catalog description[1] noted, "FRANCE. Franc, 2001. Paris Mint. NGC MS-67." This NCLT commemorated the departure of the franc as it was superseded by the euro. The coin was struck with a wavy surface.
Recorded mintage: 50,000 in silver plus 5,000 in gold.
Specification: KM 1290: 17.8 g, 0.900 fine silver, 33 mm diameter; KM 1290a: 26.1 g, 0.750 fine gold, AGW: 0.62935 oz. Edge lettered "2001 RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE · STARCK · LIBERTÉ · ÉGALITÉ · FRATERNITÉ".
Catalog reference: in silver: KM 1290. in gold: Fr-750; KM-1290a, Gad-C319.
- Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
- Gadoury, Victor, Monnaies Françaises, 1789-2019, 24me éd., Monaco: Éditions Victor Gadoury, 2019.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 2001-Date, 13th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2018.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, February 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancients, World Coins & World Paper Money, David B. Simpson Medals & World Coins Part 1, Selections from the Richard Margolis Collection, and Selections from the L. E. Bruun Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.
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