France 1998 100 francs Fr-698

from Stack's Bowers 2017 NYINC sale, lot 6412

photo courtesy Stack's-Bowers LLC

This specimen was lot 6412 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2017), where it sold for $587.50. The catalog description^[1] noted, "FRANCE. 100 Franc, 1998. NGC PROOF-69 ULTRA CAMEO. Treasures of the Nile - Scribe Accroupi. Frosted cameo devices with hard mirror fields. Mintage of only 2000 pieces." Starting in the 1980's, the Paris mint issued so many NCLT's that the standard catalogs had to drop them to keep the books a manageable size. This one was struck to promote the Egyptian exhibit at the Louvre.

Recorded mintage: 2,000.

Specification: 17 g., .920 fine gold, 0.502 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: Fr-698; KM-1210.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• 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.
• ^[1]Ponterio, Richard, The January 2017 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Richard Stuart Collection, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2016.

Link to:

• 1997 500 francs, Michelangelo - David
• 1998 2 francs, René Cassin
• 1998 50 francs, Treasures of the Nile
• France 1999 655.957 francs introduction of the euro
• 2000 100 francs, Dupre's bust
• 2000 100 francs, Chaplain's Marianne Bust
• Coins and currency dated 1998
• return to coins of France