10 francs FRANCE (1986)

diameter:	weight:	thickness:	alloy:
21.0 mm	6.5 g	2.5 mm	steel

obverse:

in coin centre stylised rooster - symbol of France; above face value: 10 F (FRANCS); on the bottom year of issue 1986; along the top edge: RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE (French Republic)

reverse:

in the coin centre personification of France - Marianne's head in a laurel wreath facing left; in the background simplified map of France; along the top edge motto of France: LIBERTÉ ÉGALITÉ FRATERNITÉ (liberty, equality, fraternity)

edge:

five plain and five reeded sections

issue date:

26 V 1986

withdrawal date:

18 II 1987

designer:

Atelier de gravure (group of designers of the Paris Mint - rosette after year of issue 1986 in the obverse) based on design of Joaquin Jimenez (signature JIMENEZ after the rosette along the bottom edge of the obverse)

mint:

La Monnaie de Paris (The Paris Mint), Pessac (mint mark at the bottom edge of the reverse on the left, on the right privy mark of mint's director Émile Rousseau - dolphin)

mintage:

1986

87 927 011

+ 15 000 in annual boxed sets

varieties:

There exists a stamp variety, in which the map of France, precisely Brittany, touches the frame of the reverse.

mint marks:

interesting facts:

This type of coins was supposed to replace the larger 10-franc coins, but it was quickly withdrawn from circulation, officially, due to too small size. Apparently the ordered diameter of 21 mm looked completely different in presentations of decision-makers than in reality. By the end of 1986, these coins were practically not functioning in circulation.

Rooster is a symbol of France (Gaul) since the Roman times. This symbol appeared probably during the Roman period based on a wordplay of Latin gallus, which meant both rooster and Celt from Gaul region.

last update: 20 XI 2013

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