100 Francs Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque

Features

Issuer France
Period Fifth Republic (1958-date)
Type Non-circulating coin
Year 1994
Value 100 Francs (100 FRF)
Currency New franc (1960-2001)
Composition Silver (.900)
Weight 22.2 g
Diameter 37 mm
Thickness 2.2 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
8139
References KM# 1039
Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Coins / 2001-Date (14th edition). Krause Publications, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, United States.
And 5 more volumes.

Commemorative issue

50th Anniversary of the Liberation of Paris

Obverse

Bust of General Leclerc with the Cathedral of Strasbourg in the background and the symbol of the Free French at right.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
PHILIPPE LECLERC DE HAUTECLOCQUE
2e DB
REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE

Engraver: Émile Rousseau

Reverse

A surrounding wall with palm trees behind. The French flag with the cross of Lorraine.

In the spring of 1941, Leclerc and his men vowed in Koufra, a Libyan oasis, not to lay down their arms until they had liberated Strasbourg.Automatically translated

Script: Latin

Lettering:
JUREZ
DE
NE DÉPOSER
LES ARMES
QUE LORSQUE NOS COULEURS
FLOTTERONT SUR LA CATHÉDRALE
DE STRASBOURG
SERMENT DE
KOUFRA
2 MARS 1941
100F
1994

Translation:
Do not put down your arms until our colors fly again above the Cathedral of Strasbourg.
Speech at Koufra
March 2, 1941
100F
1994

Edge

Smooth

Mint

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

Mark

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

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Date Mintage VG F VF XF AU UNC Frequency
1994  Bee 9 371 $ 28 86% Proof
1994 Essai Bee 1 460 20% (fr) Essai

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