10 francs Hercule Essai or
© NGC
Features
| Issuer |
France
 |
|---|---|
| Period |
Fifth Republic (1958-date)
|
| Type | Patterns |
| Year | 1964 |
| Value | 10 Francs (10 FRF) |
| Currency | New franc (1960-2001) |
| Composition | Gold (.920) |
| Weight | 42.58 g |
| Diameter | 37 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
| Demonetized | 20 February 1980 |
| Number | N# 448324 |
| References | Schön# 236 Battenberg Gietl Verlag (publisher). Weltmünzkatalog. Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Bavaria, Germany (4 volumes). Éditions Victor Gadoury (publisher). Monnaies françaises (Gadoury). Éditions Victor Gadoury, Monaco, Monaco (9 volumes). Stéphane Desrousseaux, Michel Prieur, Laurent Schmitt; 2014. Le Franc: Les Monnaies (10th Edition). Les Chevau-Légers, Paris, France. Michel Taillard, Michel Arnaud; 2014. Essais Monétaires et Piéforts Français 1870-2001. Éditions Victor Gadoury, Monaco, Monaco. |
Series: Hercules type
Obverse
The face value, within a wreath of two branches, one of laurel, the other of oak, is surrounded by the inscription: "REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE" followed by a star.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE
10
FRANCS
1964
ESSAI
Engraver: Atelier de Gravure (A.G.M.M. / AdG)
Designer: Augustin Dupré
Reverse
Nude Hercules with leonté, standing frontally, unites Liberté standing on the left, holding a pike surmounted by a Phrygian cap, and Égalité on the right, holding the level. They are surrounded by the motto "LIBERTÉ ÉGALITÉ FRATERNITÉ".
Script: Latin
Lettering:
LIBERTE EGALITE FRATERNITE
Dupré
Engraver: Atelier de Gravure (A.G.M.M. / AdG)
Designer: Augustin Dupré
Edge
In relief: motifs on the theme of agriculture (star/losange/cluster of grapes/losange/rooster/losange/wheat beetle/losange/star), commerce (star/losange/caduceus/losange/horn of plenty/losange/balance/losange/star) and industry (star/losange/compass/losange/toothed wheel/losange/hammer/losange/star).
Mint
 |
Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date) |
Mark
 |
Raymond Joly, General coin engraver, Monnaie de Paris (1958-1974) |
Comments
1964 ESSAI in gold.
Embossed edge: Various trade symbols. Two examples were struck and attributed respectively to French President Charles De Gaulle and Prime Minister Georges Pompidou.
(VAE Palombo 11lot 562 realized a price of €60,000).
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| Date | Mintage | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | References | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 1964 | |
2 | GEM# 183.5Michel Taillard, Michel Arnaud; 2014. Essais Monétaires et Piéforts Français 1870-2001. Éditions Victor Gadoury, Monaco, Monaco. |
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Numista Rarity index: 100
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Bullion value: USD 5463.41
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Actual gold weight: 1.259 oz
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