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100 Francs Greta Garbo
| Issuer | Monnaie de Paris |
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| Year | 1995 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#1092 |
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| Obverse lettering | LIBERTÉ ÉGALITÉ FRATERNITÉ RF 100 FRANCS 1995 |
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| Mintage | 1995 - Proof - 15,000 |
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The "Greta Garbo" nickname for this issue has nothing to do with the actress — French collectors coined the phrase because these 100-franc silver pieces were notoriously hoarded the moment they left the mint window, a nod to Garbo's famous reluctance to be seen in public. The Monnaie de Paris produced numerous silver 100-franc commemoratives throughout the 1990s, and several became instant cabinet pieces rather than circulating currency.
KM#1092 belongs to a broader French commemorative program that frequently outpaced collector demand forecasts, leaving mintage figures for individual issues harder to track than the series' reputation would suggest.