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FRANCE: Vichy State, 5 francs, 1941, PCGS MS63

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / World Coins - Europe Start Price:140.00 USD Estimated At:150.00 - 250.00 USD
FRANCE: Vichy State, 5 francs, 1941, PCGS MS63
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325.00USD+ buyer's premium
This item SOLD at 2026 Jan 23 @ 09:21UTC-08:00 : PST/AKDT
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FRANCE: Vichy State, 5 francs, 1941, KM-901, F-338, Gad-764, bust of Marshal Pétain left, an attractive example, PCGS graded MS63. From the original planned mintage of 200,000,000, only 13,782,000 pieces were made, as the German occupational authorities wanted to reserve the nickel used by Monnaie de Paris for the war efforts. Thus the coin was not needed, since the banknotes of the same value were already in circulation. The coins were stockpiled in the storehouse of Monnaie de Paris located in Castelsarrasin for three years without ever being released for circulation. The whole mintage was moved to Germany to be melted down in order to reuse the nickel, but the boat transporting the coins on the Sambre River in Belgium was sunk by an Allied bombardment. It is reported that only 50,000 pieces were saved from the river.