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10 Centimes Piedfort
| Issuer | Monnaie de Paris |
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| Year | 1962-1982 |
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| Value | 10 Centimes (0.10 FRF) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse displays the numeral '10' above the denomination CENTIMES, flanked by a wheat ear to the left and an olive branch to the right, symbolising prosperity and peace respectively. The French national motto LIBERTÉ · ÉGALITÉ · FRATERNITÉ arcs along the upper periphery. The date and the engraver's signature A. DIEUDONNÉ appear in the lower field, with the mint mark below. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Piedfort coins produced by the Monnaie de Paris are struck at double the standard planchet thickness, a practice the Paris mint has maintained almost continuously since the medieval period — making France the longest unbroken tradition of piedfort production anywhere in the world. These pieces were never intended for circulation; they were issued primarily to officials, foreign dignitaries, and archival collections as presentation-quality specimens of current coinage.
The F#144P designation places this within Gadoury's piedfort classification for the aluminum-bronze 10 centimes introduced under the Fifth Republic's currency reform of 1960.