1 Franc Normandy Invasion; silver

Features

Issuer	France
Period	Fifth Republic (1958-date)
Type	Non-circulating coins
Year	1993
Value	1 Franc (1 FRF)
Currency	New franc (1960-2001)
Composition	Silver (.900)
Weight	22.2 g
Diameter	37 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 8703
References	Franc 2014# 1002 Stéphane Desrousseaux, Michel Prieur, Laurent Schmitt; 2014. Le Franc: Les Monnaies (10^th Edition). Les Chevau-Légers, Paris, France. , KM# 1014 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes).

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Commemorative issue

50th Anniversary of the Normandy Invasion

Series: Liberté retrouvée

Obverse

American soldiers storming Omaha Beach

Script: Latin

Lettering:
RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE
6 JUIN 1944
UTAH · OMAHA · GOLD · JUNO SWORD
C. LESOT

Translation:
FRENCH REPUBLIC
6 JUNE 1944
UTAH · OMAHA · GOLD · JUNO SWORD
C. Lesot

Engraver: Claude Lesot

Reverse

Statue of Liberty's head; Canadian, British, French, and U.S. flags; denomination and date

Script: Latin

Lettering:
1 FRANC
- 1993 -
JP GENDIS
LIBERTÉ ÉGALITÉ FRATERNITÉ

Engraver: Jean-Pierre Gendis

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)

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Date	Mintage	UNC		Frequency
Undetermined
1993	1 850		(fr) BE - Essai - Tranche lisse	7%
1993	52 456	$ 76	Proof	71%
1993	16 274	$ 69	UNC/BU	30%

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Bullion value: USD 43.94 Search tips

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Actual silver weight: 0.642 oz

Current silver price: 68.40 USD/oz (see silver price

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