10 Francs Leon Gambetta; Silver Piedfort Issue

Features

Issuer	France
Period	Fifth Republic (1958-date)
Type	Patterns
Year	1982
Value	10 Francs (10 FRF)
Currency	New franc (1960-2001)
Composition	Silver (.925)
Weight	22.8 g
Diameter	26 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 283273
References	Gad 1789# 815 P Éditions Victor Gadoury (publisher). Monnaies françaises (Gadoury). Éditions Victor Gadoury, Monaco, Monaco (9 volumes). , KM# P748 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). , GEM# 187.P2 Michel Taillard, Michel Arnaud; 2014. Essais Monétaires et Piéforts Français 1870-2001. Éditions Victor Gadoury, Monaco, Monaco.

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Commemorative issue

Centenary of the death of Léon Gambetta (1882-1982). Automatically translated

Series: 10 francs Léon Gambetta

Obverse

Face value embroidering a bunch of French flags, during the war of 1870, the balloon of Gambetta leaving Paris rising above Automatically translated

Script: Latin

Lettering:
LIBERTÉ
ÉGALITÉ
FRATERNITÉ
RÉPUBLIQUE 1982 FRANÇAISE
10 FRANCS

Engraver: Émile Rousseau

Reverse

Dressed bust of Gambetta three-quarter left, with bow tie; signed with the monogram ER . Automatically translated

Script: Latin

Lettering:
LÉON GAMBETTA
1838 – 1882
ER

Engraver: Émile Rousseau

Edge

Plain

Mint

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

Mark

Émile Rousseau, General coin engraver, Monnaie de Paris (1974-1994)

Comments

Copy in plastic case with certificate N°Ag0135.
812 of the 2,000 minted were sold.

For orders of a complete series of a vintage, the Monnaie de Paris offered a presentation box. These complete sets are very rare.

See GEM (292.CPA1 to 292.CPA 24)

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Date			Mintage		VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC	References
Undetermined
1982			812							$ 170	GEM# 187.P2 Michel Taillard, Michel Arnaud; 2014. Essais Monétaires et Piéforts Français 1870-2001. Éditions Victor Gadoury, Monaco, Monaco.	Proof

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Actual silver weight: 0.678 oz

Current silver price: 72.73 USD/oz (see silver price

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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 22024	27 Nov 2023	UNC	USD 367.20 (incl. buyer's premium)
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