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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 938254, member: 39&quot;]Hmm. The French mint does pretty much the same what it did in the pre-euro days. Have a look at any decent coin catalog and see what they have issued since about 1990. Lots and lots of 100 francs coins, at prices that (as with US silver dollars) are way above the face value. But I agree, the volume of French collector coins - whether in the last ~10 years of the franc, or in the euro years, has been deterring.</p><p><br /></p><p>Of course you can still get commemorative coins (€2) from France. The latest one, commemorating the June 18 Appeal, came out very recently. Also, some silver and gold collector coins <a href="http://www.monnaiedeparis.fr/collectionneurs/EurosOrArgent.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.monnaiedeparis.fr/collectionneurs/EurosOrArgent.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.monnaiedeparis.fr/collectionneurs/EurosOrArgent.htm</a> are even issued at face. </p><p><br /></p><p>Guess the &quot;1978&quot; was a typo. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; They made the franc and centime coins until some time in the mid/late 90s. Germany did the same thing; would have made no sense to produce circulation coins that become useless just a few years later. But apparently collectors want such annual sets ...</p><p><br /></p><p>By the way, here is some info about and an image of the 10 francs collector coin that I mentioned in #147: <a href="http://www.cgb.fr/monnaies/modernes/m10/fr/monnaiesf067.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cgb.fr/monnaies/modernes/m10/fr/monnaiesf067.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.cgb.fr/monnaies/modernes/m10/fr/monnaiesf067.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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