lutecium94 (guest) 01 May 2012 07:57
After that there was a silver 50 F Hercules (1974-1980) and a silver 100 F Pantheon (1982-1988… for circulation, there were more up to 2001 but for collectors only). So France did issue silver circulating coins pretty late, despite the price of the metal. Of course, those coins did not circulate much, but were preferably thesaurised. Tons of them are now foundable on the market, so their value is not high, except keys such as the 50 F 1980 (mintage 100 000, present value ca 120 $ ) or the seldom 100 F 1996 (mintage 2000 only, present value ca 1000 $).