500 Francs Georges Guynemer

Features

Issuer	France
Period	Fifth Republic (1958-date)
Type	Non-circulating coins
Year	1997
Value	500 Francs (500 FRF)
Currency	New franc (1960-2001)
Composition	Gold (.920)
Weight	17 g
Diameter	31 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized	17 February 2002
Number	N# 312218
References	Gad 1789# C180 Éditions Victor Gadoury (publisher). Monnaies françaises (Gadoury). Éditions Victor Gadoury, Monaco, Monaco (9 volumes). , KM# 1197 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). , Franc 2014# 1852 Stéphane Desrousseaux, Michel Prieur, Laurent Schmitt; 2014. Le Franc: Les Monnaies (10^th Edition). Les Chevau-Légers, Paris, France.

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Commemorative issue

80th Anniversary of the Death of Georges Guynemer

Series: Francs Georges Guynemer

Obverse

The three-quarter-length portrait in aviator's garb of Georges Guynemer, French aviation ace during WW1, is surrounded by the legend: "GEORGES GUYNEMER 1894-1917" and the monogram: "RF". Automatically translated

Script: Latin

Lettering:
GEORGES GUYNEMER 1894-1917
RF
1997

Reverse

A stork in flight. The stork was the motif painted on "Le vieux Charles", Guynemer's SPAD III. Automatically translated

Script: Latin

Lettering:
500 F
LIBERTÉ - ÉGALITÉ - FRATERNITÉ

Translation: Liberty - Equality - Brotherhood

Edge

Plain

Mint

Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date)

Mark

Pierre Rodier, General coin engraver, Monnaie de Paris (1994-2000)

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Date			Mintage		VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC	References
Undetermined
1997			300								Gad 1789# C180 Éditions Victor Gadoury (publisher). Monnaies françaises (Gadoury). Éditions Victor Gadoury, Monaco, Monaco (9 volumes).	Proof

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Bullion value: USD 2229.96 Search tips

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Actual gold weight: 0.503 oz

Current gold price: 4434.75 USD/oz (see gold price

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	Heritage Auctions 2023 November 27 Spotlight: Patterns, Proofs, Essais, and Pieforts World Coins Showcase Auction 61349 Lot 22034	27 Nov 2023	UNC (NGC PR67 Ultra Cameo)	USD 1050.00 (incl. buyer's premium)
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