100 Francs La Fayette - Silver issue

Features

Issuer	France
Period	Fifth Republic (1958-date)
Type	Non-circulating coins
Year	1987
Value	100 Francs (100 FRF)
Currency	New franc (1960-2001)
Composition	Silver (.950)
Weight	15 g
Diameter	31 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 20807
References	KM# 962a Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). , Gad 1789# 902 Éditions Victor Gadoury (publisher). Monnaies françaises (Gadoury). Éditions Victor Gadoury, Monaco, Monaco (9 volumes).

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Commemorative issue

230th Anniversary of the birth of La Fayette

Series: 100 francs Egalité - La Fayette

Obverse

Bust left.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
· GÉNÉRAL LA FAYETTE ·
RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE

Designer: Pierre-Benjamin Duvivier

Reverse

Liberty cap over inscription above denomination, date below.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
LIBERTÉ
ÉGALITÉ
FRATERNITÉ
100F
19 87 DURAND-MEGRET

Engraver: Michel Durand-Mégret

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

Gilbert du Motier de La Fayette (1757-1834),

was a French officer and politician. He is famous for his involvement in the army of the American insurgents, then in the liberal and reformist wing of the French aristocracy (1784-1792), and finally in the liberal opposition to the regime of the July Monarchy, which he had helped to establish during the Three Glorious Years (July 1830).

Appointed general at the age of 19 by George Washington, La Fayette played a decisive role in the American War of Independence against Great Britain.

Coin minted to mark the 230th anniversary of the birth of the Marquis de La Fayette (1757-1834).

Drawing of the general by Benjamin Duvivier for a 17th-century monneron.

This is an automatic translation. The original text is:

Gilbert du Motier de La Fayette (1757-1834),

est un officier et un homme politique français. Il est célèbre en raison de son engagement dans les rangs de l'armée des insurgés américains, puis dans l'aile libérale et réformiste de l'aristocratie française (1784-1792), enfin dans l'opposition libérale au régime de la monarchie de juillet qu'il avait pourtant contribué à établir lors des Trois Glorieuses (juillet 1830).

Nommé général à l'âge de 19 ans par George Washington, La Fayette joue un rôle décisif dans la guerre d'indépendance des États-Unis contre la Grande-Bretagne.

Pièce frappé à l'occasion du 230e anniversaire de la naissance du marquis de La Fayette (1757-1834).

Dessin du général par Benjamin Duvivier pour un monneron au XVIIe siècle.

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Date			Mintage		VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC	References
Undetermined
1987			30 000							$ 74	Gad 1789# 902 Éditions Victor Gadoury (publisher). Monnaies françaises (Gadoury). Éditions Victor Gadoury, Monaco, Monaco (9 volumes).	Proof

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Actual silver weight: 0.458 oz

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