French circulation coins - catalog with values

Franc coinage (till 2002)

100 francs

1954-1958
copper-nickel
with mint mark
100 FRANCS 1954 / LIBERTE EGALITE FRATERNITE
REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE
~ <1 USD

1954-1958
copper-nickel
without mint mark
100 FRANCS 1955 / LIBERTE EGALITE FRATERNITE
REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE
~ <1 USD

1982-2000
silver
100 F / LIBERTE EGALITE FRATERNITE
REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE / AUX GRANDE HOMMES LA PATRIE RECONNAISSANTE / 1983
~ 15-20 USD

50 francs

1950-1958
aluminium-bronze
without mint mark
50 FRANCS 1951 / LIBERTE EGALITE FRATERNITE
REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE
~ <1 USD

1950-1954
aluminium-bronze
with mint mark
50 FRANCS 1952 / LIBERTE EGALITE FRATERNITE
REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE
~ <1 USD

1974-1980
silver
50 FRANCS / REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE / 1977
LIBERTE EGALITE FRATERNITE
~ 20-25 USD

20 francs

1929-1939
silver
20 FRANCS 1933
REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE
~ 10-15 USD

1950-1953
aluminium-bronze
without mint mark
20 FRANCS 1950 / LIBERTE EGALITE FRATERNITE
REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE
~ <1 USD

1950-1953
aluminium-bronze
with mint mark
20 FRANCS 1952 / LIBERTE EGALITE FRATERNITE
REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE
~ <1 USD

1992-2001
trimelallic - copper-aluminium-nickel/nickel/copper-aluminium-nickel
20 F / 1992 / LIBERTE EGALITE FRATERNITE
REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE
~ 3-4 USD

10 francs

1929-1939
silver
10 FRANCS 1930
REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE
~ 8-10 USD

1945-1947
copper-nickel
10 FRANCS 1946 / LIBERTE EGALITE FRATERNITE
REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE
~ 1-2 USD

1947-1949
copper-nickel
without mint mark
10 FRANCS 1948 / LIBERTE EGALITE FRATERNITE
REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE
~ <1 USD

1947-1949
copper-nickel
with mint mark
10 FRANCS 1948 / LIBERTE EGALITE FRATERNITE
REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE
~ <1 USD

1950-1958
aluminium-bronze
with mint mark
10 FRANCS 1951 / LIBERTE EGALITE FRATERNITE
REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE / Head left
~ <1 USD

1950-1958
aluminium-bronze
without mint mark
10 FRANCS 1958 / LIBERTE EGALITE FRATERNITE
REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE
~ <1 USD

1974-1987
nickel-brass
10 FRANCS
REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE / 1977
~ <1 USD

1988-2000
bi-metallic - stainless steel/aluminium-bronze
10 F 1988
R F
~ <1 USD

5 francs

1870
silver
5 FRANCS 1870 / REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE
LIBERTE EGALITE FRATERNITE
~ 50-70 USD

1871-1878
silver
5 FRANCS 1873 / REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE
LIBERTE EGALITE FRATERNITE
~ 30-40 USD

1933
nickel
5 FRANCS
REPUBLIQVE FRANCAISE / 1933
~ 2-3 USD

1933-1939
nickel
5 FRANCS 1935 / RF
REPUBLIQVE FRANCAISE
~ 2-3 USD

1938-1940
aluminium-bronze
struck for colonial use in Algeria
5 FRANCS 1940 / RF
REPUBLIQVE FRANCAISE
~ 6-8 USD

1945-1947
aluminium-bronze
struck for colonial use in Africa
5 FRANCS / RF
REPUBLIQVE FRANCAISE
~ 2-4 USD

1945-1948
aluminium
without mint mark, opened "9" in date
5 FRANCS 1949 / R F / Sectioned wreath
REPUBLIQVE FRANCAISE / Laureate head left
~ <1 USD

1945-1948
aluminium
with mint mark, opened "9" in date
5 FRANCS 1948 / R F
REPUBLIQVE FRANCAISE
~ <1 USD

1945-1952
aluminium
without mint mark, closed "9" in date
5 FRANCS 1947 / R F
REPUBLIQVE FRANCAISE
~ <1 USD

1945-1952
aluminium
with mint mark, closed "9" in date
5 FRANCS 1949 / R F
REPUBLIQVE FRANCAISE
~ <1 USD

1960-1969
silver
5 FRANCS / LIBERTE EGALITE FRATERNITE / 1964
REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE
~ 8-12 USD

1971-2001
nickel clad copper-nickel
5 FRANCS / LIBERTE EGALITE FRATERNITE / 1971
REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE
~ <1 USD

2 francs

1870-1895
silver
2 FRANCS 1895
REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE
~ 10-15 USD

1898-1920
silver
2 FRANCS 1915
REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE
~ 8-10 USD

1920-1927
aluminium-bronze
BON POUR 2 FRANCS / CHAMBER DE COMMERCE DE FRANCE
COMMERCE INDUSTRIE / 1923
~1 USD

1931-1941
aluminium-bronze
2 FRANCS 1938
REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISEE
~ <1 USD

1943-1944
aluminium
2 FRANCS 1943 / TRAVAIL FAMILIE PATRIE
ETAT FRANCAIS
~ <1 USD

1944
brass
for circulating in France and Algeria
2 FRANCS / LIBERTE-EGALITE-FRATERNITE / 1944
FRANCE
~ 10-12 USD

1941-1959
aluminium
2 FRANCS 1948 / LIBERTE EGALITE FRATERNITE
REPUBLIQVE FRANCAISE
~ <1 USD

1979-2001
nickel
2 FRANCS / LIBERTE EGALITE FRATERNITE / 1979
REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE
~ <1 USD

1 franc

1871-1895
silver
1 FRANC 1887
REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE
~ 7-10 USD

1898-1920
silver
1 FRANC 1918
REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE
~ 5-8 USD

1920-1927
aluminium-bronze
BON POUR 1 FRANC / CHAMBER DE COMMERCE DE FRANCE
COMMERCE INDUSTRIE / 1923
~1 USD

1931-1941
aluminium-bronze
1 FRANC 1938
REPUBLIQVE FRANCAISEE
~ <1 USD

1942-1944
aluminium
1 FRANC 1943 / TRAVAIL FAMILIE PATRIE
ETAT FRANCAIS
~ <1 USD

1941-1959
aluminium
1 FRANC 1958 / LIBERTE EGALITE FRATERNITE
REPUBLIQVE FRANCAISE
~ <1 USD

1960-2001
nickel
1 FRANC / LIBERTE EGALITE FRATERNITE / 1960
REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE
~ <1 USD

1/2 franc

1965-2001
nickel
1/2 FRANC / LIBERTE EGALITE FRATERNITE / 2000
REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE
~ <1 USD

50 centimes

1871-1895
silver
50 CENT. 1894
REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE
~ 7-10 USD

1897-1920
silver
50 CENTIMES 1917
REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE
~ 3-5 USD

1921-1929
aluminium-bronze
BON POUR 50 CENTIMES / CHAMBER DE COMMERCE DE FRANCE
COMMERCE INDUSTRIE / 1922
~ <1 USD

1931-1941
aluminium-bronze
50 CENTIMES 1939 / Cornucopias flank
REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE
~ <1 USD

1942-1944
aluminium
50 CENTIMES 1942 / TRAVAIL FAMILIE PATRIE
ETAT FRANCAIS
~ <1 USD

1941-1947
aluminium
50 CENTIMES 1945 / LIBERTE EGALITE FRATERNITE
REPUBLIQVE FRANCAISE
~ <1 USD

1962-1963
aluminium-bronze
3 folds in collar
50 CENTIMES 1962 / LIBERTE EGALITE FRATERNITE
REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE
~1 USD

1962-1964
aluminium-bronze
4 folds in collar
50 CENTIMES 1963 / LIBERTE EGALITE FRATERNITE
REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE
~1 USD

25 centimes

1903
nickel
25 CENTIMES / 1903
REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE
~ 1-2 USD

1904-1905
nickel
25 CENTIMES / 1905
REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE
~ 1-2 USD

1914-1917
copper-nickel
dash below "MES"
25 CMES / 1914
R F
~ 5-8 USD

1917-1937
copper-nickel
without dash below "MES"
25 CMES / 1930
R F
~ <1 USD

1938-1940
nickel-bronze
without dash below "MES"
25 CMES / 1939
R F
~ <1 USD

1941
zinc
VINGT CENTIMES 1941
ETAT FRANCAIS
~ 1-2 USD

1941-1943
zinc
3.5 g., thick flan
20 CENTIMES 1943
ETAT FRANCAIS
~1 USD

1941-1944
zinc
3.0 g., thin flan
20 CENTIMES 1944
ETAT FRANCAIS
~1 USD

20 centimes

1945-1946
zinc
20 CMES / LIBERTE EGALITE FRATERNITE / 1945
R F
~ 10-15 USD

1962-2001
aluminium-bronze
20 CENTIMES 1973 / LIBERTE EGALITE FRATERNITE
REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE
~ <1 USD

10 centimes

1870-1898
bronze
10 CENTIMES
REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE / 1897
~ 4-6 USD

1898-1921
bronze
10 C / 1902
REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE
~ 1-3 USD

1917-1938
copper-nickel
10 CMES / 1919
R F
~ <1 USD

1938-1939
nickel-bronze
3.20 g.
10 CMES / 1938
R F
~ <1 USD

1939
nickel-bronze
3.0 g.
10 CMES 1939
R F
~ <1 USD

1941-1943
zinc
2.7 g.
10 CENTIMES 1941
ETAT FRANCAIS
~ <1 USD

1941-1943
zinc
2.5 g., thin flan (1.3 mm.)
10 CENTIMES 1941
ETAT FRANCAIS
~ 1-3 USD

1943-1944
zinc
10 CENTIMES 1943
ETAT FRANCAIS
~ 1-2 USD

1941
zinc
without dash below "MES"
10 CMES / LIBERTE EGALITE FRATERNITE / 1941
R F
~ 2-4 USD

1941
zinc
dash below "MES"
10 CMES / LIBERTE EGALITE FRATERNITE / 1941
R F
~ <1 USD

1941
zinc
dash below MES, dots before and after date
10 CMES / LIBERTE EGALITE FRATERNITE / 1941
R F
~1 USD

1945
zinc
10 CMES / LIBERTE EGALITE FRATERNITE / 1945
R F
~ 1-2 USD

1962-2001
aluminium-bronze
10 CENTIMES 1997 / LIBERTE EGALITE FRATERNITE
REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE
~ <1 USD

5 centimes

1871-1898
bronze
5 CENTIMES
REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE / 1871
~ 2-4 USD

1898-1921
bronze
5 C / 1917
REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE
~ 1-2 USD

1917-1920
copper-nickel
5 CMES / 1919
R F
~ <1 USD

1920-1938
copper-nickel
5 CMES / 1938
R F
~ <1 USD

1938-1939
nickel-bronze
5 CMES / 1939
R F
~ <1 USD

1961-1964
stainless steel
5 CENTIMES / 1964
REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE
~ <1 USD

1966-2001
aluminium-bronze
5 CENTIMES 1980 / LIBERTE EGALITE FRATERNITE
REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE
~ <1 USD

2 centimes

1877-1897
bronze
2 CENTIMES
REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE / 1893
~ 5-8 USD

1898-1920
bronze
2 CENTIMES 1911
REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE
~ 3-6 USD

1872-1897
bronze
1 CENTIME
REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE / 1896
~ 5-8 USD

1898-1920
bronze
1 CENTIME 1920
REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE
~ 3-5 USD

1962-2001
stainless steel
1 CENTIME / 1967
REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE
~ <1 USD

Euro coinage (since 2002)

2 euro

1999-2006
bi-metallic - nickel-brass/copper-nickel
2 EURO
RF / LIBERTE EGALITE FRATERNITE / 2000
~ 3-4 USD

since 2007
bi-metallic - nickel-brass/copper-nickel
2 EURO
RF / LIBERTE EGALITE FRATERNITE / 2018
~ 3-4 USD

1 euro

1999-2006
bi-metallic - copper-nickel/nickel-brass
1 EURO
RF / LIBERTE EGALITE FRATERNITE / 2002
~ 2-3 USD

since 2007
bi-metallic - copper-nickel/nickel-brass
1 EURO
RF / LIBERTE EGALITE FRATERNITE / 2012
~ 20-40 USD

50 cent

1999-2006
brass
50 EURO CENT
RF / 2001
~1 USD

since 2007
brass
50 EURO CENT
RF / 2015
~ 8-12 USD

20 cent

1999-2006
brass
20 EURO CENT
RF / 1999
~ <1 USD

since 2007
brass
20 EURO CENT
RF / 2017
~ <1 USD

10 cent

1999-2006
brass
10 EURO CENT
RF / 1999
~ <1 USD

since 2007
brass
10 EURO CENT
RF / 2012
~ <1 USD

5 cent

since 1999
copper plated steel
5 EURO CENT
RF / 2013
~ <1 USD

2 cent

since 1999
copper plated steel
2 EURO CENT
RF / 2005
~ <1 USD

1 cent

since 1999
copper plated steel
1 EURO CENT
RF / 2006
~ <1 USD

Other French coins

Kingdom before 1560

Charles IX (1560-1574)

Henry III (1574-1589)

Catholic League (1589-1596)

Henry IV (1589-1610)

Louis XIII (1610-1643)

Louis XIV (1643-1715)

Louis XV (1715-1774)

Louis XVI (1774-1793)

Republic and Consulate of Napoleon (1793-1804)

Napoleon I (1804-1814)

Louis XVIII (1815-1824)

Charles X (1824-1830)

Louis Philippe I (1830-1848)

Second Republic (1848-1852)

Napoleon III (1852-1870)

WW2 (Vichy and occupation)

Fourth Republic (1946-1958)

Fifth Republic Francs coinage (1958-2001)

Commemorative francs

Euro

Commemorative Euro

Costs of French Third Republic coins in this catalog approximate and indicated specifically for the coin shown in the picture.
I do not buy or sell coins - this is just a catalog.