France 5 and 10 Francs 1878 to 1899
France issued these small gold coins between 1878 and 1899. The 10 francs are quite common, but if you can find a 5 franc coin with this design, Whamo! It's super valuable.
5 FRANCS:
any condition: $10,000 US dollars and up
10 FRANCS WITH 'A' MINT MARK:
worn: BV
average circulated: BV + $20
well preserved: BV + $80
fully uncirculated: BV + $200
10 franc coins without the 'A' mint mark below the wreath are more common and are worth less, BV + $100 in fully uncirculated condition
In the listing above, 'BV' means 'base value' and is the value of the gold content by itself. Each 10 franc coin contains 0.0933 troy ounces of gold. so multiply the current gold price by 0.0933 and you will get BV. At this writing, gold is selling at $1400 US dollars per troy ounce, so BV = 1400 x 0.0933 = $130. Tomorrow BV will be different, because the price of gold changes every day. Look it up on kitco.com.
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Coin: 15341, Genre: Colonizers and Colonies, Timeline: World
Created (yyyymm): 201307, Last review: 201507
Appearance: Normal round coin Metallic yellow Letters: Latin
Years: sort: 1878, filter: 1878 to 1899
Image: france_10_francs_1899.jpg
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