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50 Francs Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte
| Issuer | Monnaie de Paris |
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| Year | 1991-1993 |
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| Currency | New franc (1960-2001) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | 1991 - Proof - 2,000 1992 - Proof - 1993 - Proof - |
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This piece belongs to a French commemorative program that reissued historic gold denominations in their original specifications — the 50-franc gold coin being a direct echo of the Second Empire monetary system established under Napoléon III following the coup of December 1851. The original 1855–1860 issues circulated widely within the Latin Monetary Union framework, which France anchored when it formalized the agreement with Belgium, Switzerland, and Italy in 1865.
The 1991–1993 restrike was legal tender but produced for the collector market at a premium over melt, a distinction the Monnaie de Paris maintained carefully through limited annual allocations.