French commemorative coins - catalog with values
Republic of France
franc=100 centimes
100 francs 1986
silver
Statue of Liberty Centennial
LIBERTE EGALITE FRATERNITE / 100 F 1986
1886 1986 / REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE
~ 20-25 USD
100 francs 1990
silver
Charles the Great
100 FRANCS 1990 / KRLS / LIBERTE EGALITE FRATERNITE / REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE
CHARLE MAGNE / 742 814
~ 15-20 USD
20 francs 1993
trimetallic - copper-aluminium-nickel / nickel / copper-aluminium-nickel
Mediterranean Games
20 FRANCS / JEUX MEDITERRANEENS / LIBERTE EGALITE FRATERNITE / 1993
REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE
~ 6-8 USD
20 francs 1994
trimetallic - copper-aluminium-nickel / nickel / copper-aluminium-nickel
International Olympic Committee Centennial
20 FRANCS 1894 1994 / LIBERTE EGALITE FRATERNITE
PIERRE DE COUBERTIN 1863-1937 / 1994 RF
~ 4-6 USD
10 francs 1982
nickel-bronze
100 Years from death of Leon Gambetta (statesman, prominent)
10 FRANCS / FRATERNITE EGALITE LIBERTE / REPUBLIQUE 1982 FRANCAISE
LEON GAMBETTA 1838-1882
~ 2-3 USD
10 francs 1983
nickel-bronze
200th Anniversary of Montgolfier Balloon
10 FRANCS 1983 / REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE
CONQVETE DE L'ESPACE / 1783
~ 2-4 USD
10 francs 1983
nickel-bronze
200 years since the birth of Stendhal
10 FRANCS 1983
STENDHAL 1783-1842 / REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE
~ 2-4 USD
10 francs 1984
nickel-bronze
200 years since the birth of Francoise Rude (sculptor)
10 FRANCS 1984
FRANCOISE RUDE 1784-1855 / RF
~ 1-2 USD
10 francs 1985
nickel-bronze
Centennial from death of Victor Hugo
10 FRANCS / REPUBLIQUE 1985 FRANCAISE
VICTOR HUGO 1885 1985
~ 1-2 USD
10 francs 1986
nickel
Madam Republic
10 F / REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE / 1986
LIBERTE EGALITE FRATERNITE
~ 1-2 USD
10 francs 1986
nickel
100 years since the birth of Robert Schuman (statesman)
10 FRANCS 1986 / REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE
LIBERTE EGALITE FRATERNITE / ROBERT SCHUMAN
~ 8-12 USD
10 francs 1987
nickel-bronze
Millennium of Hugo Capet (First King of France)
10 FRANCS 1987/ REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE / LIBERTE EGALITE FRATERNITE
MILLENAIRE CAPETIEN / 987 1987
~ 1-2 USD
10 francs 1988
nickel-bronze
100 years since the birth of Roland Garros (aviator)
10 F / REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE / 1988
ROLAND GARROS / 1888-1918
~ 1-2 USD
5 francs 1989
nickel
100th Anniversary of Eiffel Tower
5 F / REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE
TOUR EIFFEL 1889 1989
~ 2-3 USD
5 francs 1992
nickel
100 years since the birth of Pierre Mendes France (politician)
5 F / REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE 1992
PIERRE MENDES FRANCE
~ 1-2 USD
5 francs 1994
nickel
300 years since the birth of Voltaire
5 F / LIBERTE EGALITE FRATERNITE / VOLTAIRE
REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE / 1694 VOLTAIRE 1778
~ 1-2 USD
5 francs 1996
nickel
200th Anniversary of decimal franc
5 FRANCS 1996 / REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE
LIBERTE EGALITE FRATERNITE
~ 2-3 USD
2 francs 1993
nickel
50 Years from death of Jean Moulin (hero of the Resistance in France during World War)
2 FRANCS / LIBERTE EGALITE FRATERNITE / 1993
REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE / 1993 JEAN MOULIN
~ 2-3 USD
2 francs 1995
nickel
100 Years from death of Louis Pasteur
(microbiologist, chemist)
2 FRANCS / LIBERTE EGALITE FRATERNITE / 1995
REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE / 1822 LOUIS PASTEUR 1895
~ 1-2 USD
2 francs 1997
nickel
80 Years from Death of Georges Guynemer (fighter ace in World War I)
2 F / LIBERTE EGALITE FRATERNITE FRATERNITE
GEORGES GUYNEMER 1894-1917 / R F / 1997
~ 4-5 USD
2 francs 1998
nickel
50th Anniversary of the Declaration of Human Rights
2 F / LIBERTE EGALITE FRATERNITE / 1998
R F RENE CASSIN / DECLARATION UNIVERSELIE DES DROITS L'HOMME 1948 1998
~ 2-3 USD
1 franc 1988
nickel
30th Anniversary of Fifth Republic
1 F / LIBERTE EGALITE FRATERNITE / 1958-1988
CHARLES DE GAULLE / REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE
~1 USD
1 franc 1989
nickel
200th Anniversary Of Estates General
1 FRANC / REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE / 1989
CONVOCATION DES ETATS GENERALE 5 MAR 1789
~ 2-3 USD
1 franc 1992
nickel
200th Anniversary Of Republic
1 FRANC / LIBERTE EGALITE FRATERNITE / 1992
REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE
~1 USD
1 franc 1995
nickel
200th Anniversary of Institute of France
1 F / REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE / INSTITUT DE FRANCE / 1995
NATIONAL DES SCIENCES ET ARTS 1795 / LIBERTE EGALITE FRATERNITE
~ 1-2 USD
1 franc 1996
nickel
100 years since the birth of Jacques Rueff (economist)
1 F / LIBERTE EGALITE FRATERNITE / 1996
REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE / 1896 JACQUES RUEFF 1978
~ 2-3 USD
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See also - circulation coinage of France
Other French coins
Republic and Consulate of Napoleon (1793-1804)
Fifth Republic Francs coinage (1958-2001)
Costs of French commemorative coins in this catalog approximate and indicated specifically for the coin shown in the picture.
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