France 1985 franc
This specimen was lot 31130 in Heritage sale 3089 (Dallas, TX, January 2021), where it sold for $6,600. The catalog description[1] noted, "France. Republic platinum Proof Piefort Franc 1985 PR69 NGC, Paris mint. The certified first of just 5 platinum pieforts produced for this denomination in this year, and striking as an issue that is not illustrated in Gadoury's Essais Monétaires. For reference, the last example of this type we brought to auction, only a PR67, brought $5640 in August. Sold with NGC-verified Monnaies de Paris COA No. 0001." This specimen is from a type struck at the Paris mint for France 1960-2001 altho some years saw the denomination struck only for collector sets. The precious metal issues were strictly for insiders and collectors.
Recorded mintage: 7,002,000 plus 90 in silver, 5 in gold and 5 in platinum.
Specification: regular issue: nickel, 24 mm diameter, 6 g, reeded edge.
Catalog reference: regular issue: F.226/29, KM 925.1; piedfort: KM-P942, GEM-104.P4.
- 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.
- [1]Cristiano Bierrenbach and Warren Tucker, Heritage World Coin Auction 3064, featuring the Doug Robins Collection of Canadian Tokens, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2018.
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- 1980 franc, struck in gold
- France 1985 1/2 franc, struck in platinum
- France 1985 2 francs, struck in platinum
- France 1985 5 francs, struck in platinum
- France 1985 10 francs, struck in platinum
- 1985 100 francs, Emile Zola, struck in silver
- 1985 100 francs, Emile Zola, struck in gold
- 1985 100 francs, Pantheon, struck in platinum
- 1988 franc, de Gaulle
- 2000 franc, struck in gold
- Coins and currency dated 1985