2001 GOLD FRANCE FRANC NGC MS 69 MATTE LAST GOLD FRANC

FRENCH REPUBLIC

THE LAST GOLD FRANC

CERTIFIED BY NGC MINT STATE 69 (MATTE FINISH)

OBV: FRENCH LEGEND "UN ULTIME FRANC" LOWER THIRD RIGHT ON MATTE AND WAVY RELIEF FIELD.

REV: NUMBER "1" ON MATTE WAVY RELIEF FIELD.

EDGE: PURPOSEFULLY WEAK EDGE INSCRIPTION "REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE, STARCK, LIBERTE, EGALITE, FRATERNITE".

KM # 1290A

THEE FRANCH FRANC WAS INTRODUCED IN 1360, TO PAY THE RANSOM OF KING JOHN II OF FRANCE TO THE ENGLISH. IT WAS REPLACED BY THE ECU IN 1641, AND ESTABLISHED AS THE NATIONAL CURRENCY OF FRANCE AFTER THE FRENCH REVOLUTION.

THE FRANC WAS FIXED TO THE EURO (€) IN 1999. DURING THE TRANSITION PERIOD, FRANCS COULD BE EXCHANGED ONLY AT THE BANK OF FRANCE UP TO 2005, BUT THE LAST FRANC WAS COINED IN 2001.

PLEASE NOTE: UNIQUE COIN SHAPE  "IT HAS AN INTENTIONALLY WARPED SURFACE, ALMOST SADLE SHAPED"

CONTAINS 26.1 GRAMS OF 750 FINE GOLD (.6293 OZ)

PURPOSEFULLY WEAK EDGE INSCRIPTION WITH THE MOTTO OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

ONLY 4,693 MINTAGE

MONNAIE DE PARIS

CORNUCOPIA MINT MARK