Monday, 6 January 2014

MY COLLECTION - ALBUM NO 2 - FRANCE - OBSOLETE COINS









CHAPPIDI ABHIRATH REDDY,
C/O COL GKS REDDY,


Secunderabad - 500 015.



INDEX


SUMMARY OF COUNTRIES IN ALBUM NO – TWO


EUROPEAN COUNTRIES


S NO           COUNTRY               PAGE NO           COIN NOS              REMARKS

1.          UK (Current Coins)           1 to 5                 1 – 84
2.          UK (Obsolete Coins)         5 to 7                 85 – 124 
3.          France                            7 to 8                 125 – 148 
4.          Greece                            9                       149 - 156 
5.          Finland                            9 to 10              157 - 168
6.          Portugal                          10 to 11             169 - 180 
7.          Romania                          11                     181 - 186 
8.          Yugoslavia                       12                     187 - 194 
9.          Nederland                        12                     195 - 212 
10.        Italy                                13 to 14             213 - 238 
11.        Iceland                            14                     233 - 238 
12.        Denmark                         14 to 15             239 - 256 
13.        Czechoslovakia                15                      257- 262


The French Franc


          The franc (sign: ₣, commonly also FF or F) was a currency of France. Along with the Spanish peseta, it was also a de facto currency used inAndorra (which had no national currency with legal tender). It circulated alongside the Monegasque franc, with which it had equal value. Between 1360 and 1641, it was the name of coins worth 1 livre tournois and it remained in common parlance as a term for this amount of money. It was re-introduced (in decimal form) in 1795 and remained the national currency until the introduction of the euro in 1999 (for accounting purposes) and 2002 (coins and banknotes). It was a commonly held international reserve currency in the 19th and 20th centuries. A Franc is divided into 100 Centimes.





France - Obsolete coins














50 Cents – 1865 – Nickel






Five Centimes – 1935 – Cupro-Nickel






Five Centimes - 1998






10 Centimes – 1967






20 Centimes – 1963






Half Franc – 1977






One Franc – 1975






Two Francs – 1943 – Aluminium







Two Francs – 1949 - Aluminium






Two Francs – 1979 - Nickel






Five Francs – 1949 – Aluminium







Five Francs – 1973 – Nickel







Ten Francs – 1948 – Cupro-Nickel






Ten Francs – 1951 – Brass






Ten Francs – 1991 – Bi-metallic






Fifty Francs – 1951 - Brass








Note - Some of the images of coins in my collection, have been taken from the Gallery to the extent available, to save on time & effort involved in photography & editing














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