5 Centimes Stainless steel Specimen Piefort

Features

Issuer	France
Period	Fifth Republic (1958-date)
Type	Patterns
Year	1961
Value	5 Centimes (0.05 FRF)
Currency	New franc (1960-2001)
Composition	Stainless steel
Weight	6.6 g
Diameter	19 mm
Thickness	3.30 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 200158
References	GEM# 21.EP, 21.P1 Michel Taillard, Michel Arnaud; 2014. Essais Monétaires et Piéforts Français 1870-2001. Éditions Victor Gadoury, Monaco, Monaco. , KM# PE335 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes).

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Series: 5 centimes épi

Obverse

Script: Latin (cursive)

Lettering: république française

Engraver: Atelier de Gravure (A.G.M.M. / AdG)

Designer: Marcel Guilleminet

Reverse

Script: Latin (cursive)

Lettering:
1961
5
centimes

Engraver: Atelier de Gravure (A.G.M.M. / AdG)

Designer: Marcel Guilleminet

Edge

Plain

Mint

Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date)

Mark

Raymond Joly, General coin engraver, Monnaie de Paris (1958-1974)

Comments

Each stainless steel copy was issued with a certificate numbered from 71 to 570. The special corners used to strike these coins were crossed out on February 28, 1967.

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Date			Mintage		VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC	References
Undetermined
1961			500							$ 120	GEM# 21.P1 Michel Taillard, Michel Arnaud; 2014. Essais Monétaires et Piéforts Français 1870-2001. Éditions Victor Gadoury, Monaco, Monaco.

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	Heritage Auctions 2023 November 27 Spotlight: Patterns, Proofs, Essais, and Pieforts World Coins Showcase Auction 61349 Lot 22023	27 Nov 2023	UNC (PCGS SP68)	USD 192.00 (incl. buyer's premium)
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