Help with a French coin

oldshep · February 5, 2011 4:20AM

I have a PCI slabbed 1974 French 20 centimes graded MS-65; however the coin is listed on the slab as Y 105 with a mintage of 98,800 - when I looked in Krause I could not find it -the only 1974 20 centimes listed had a much larger mintage.
Can anyone shed some light on this please?

Shep

mudskippie · February 5, 2011 4:25AM

Maybe it's a variety. Anyway, I think a picture would help!

Bjorn · February 5, 2011 5:31AM

Aye, if you give a picture it would help!

Bailathacl · February 5, 2011 6:00AM

Can you tell if it's an extra-thick piedfort variety? I think they made piedforts with small mintages that year....

mudskippie · February 5, 2011 6:25AM

<< <i>Can you tell if it's an extra-thick piedfort variety? I think they made piedforts with small mintages that year.... >>

It could be, but the mintage is 98,800, piefort specimens are usually in the low 104 to 500.

oldshep · February 5, 2011 10:34AM

Thanks guys - I've been on this forum long enough to know a picture is worth more than a bunch of text - I will image the coin and do another post - I don't think it is a Piedfort because it dosn't seem extra thick.

Thanks,
Shep

olmanjon · February 6, 2011 1:59AM

Is it possible that this is a 20 cent coin from the "specimen fdc sets(fleur de coin)? The mintage for that set was 98,800. It is listed as km#ss11. It is listed in Krause after the mint sets and proof sets.
Olmanjon

oldshep · February 6, 2011 1:33PM

That is a good possibility as the coin is MS65 - I just don't know where the Y 105 came from.
Shep

Help with a French coin

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