France 2006 100 euro KM-2044

from the Stack's Bowers 2019 ANA sale, lot 20554

This specimen was lot 20554 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Chicago, August 2019), where it sold for $7,800. The catalog description^[1] noted, "FRANCE. 100 Euros, 2006. Paris Mint. PCGS PROOF-68 Deep Cameo. Commemorating the 300th anniversary of the birth of Benjamin Franklin. A massive and impressive issue containing five ounces of gold, this alluring gem proof offers brilliant luster and mirrored surfaces along with lightly frosted devices. An incredibly RARE piece, this example is stamped on the edge as #35 in a limited mintage of just 99 Specimens, and only 1 of 84 with a certificate signed by the artist and mintmaster in Paris. The first of this type which we have offered."

Recorded mintage: 99.

Specification: 155.55 g, .999 fine gold, 5.000 oz AGW, 50 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-2044; Fr-803.

Source:

• 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, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The August 2019 Chicago ANA Auction: World Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2019.

Link to:

• 2005 1½ euro, "Frédéric Chopin"
• 2005 20 euro, "Frédéric Chopin"
• 2006 cent
• 2006 10 cent
• 2007 20 euro, Asterix and Cleopatra
• Coins and currency dated 2006