5 cents Corncob


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MF # 11

Photo of a coin sold by NumisCorner, link to the sale and their website: https://www.numiscorner.com/products/france-epi-5-centimes-1962-paris-km-927-ef40-45-stainless-steel.


Année Atelier Tirage G F XF 40 AU 58 MS 63 MS 65
1 1960PRE - SERIE--- - - - 1.800 2.400 3.000
2 1961ESSAI3.500 - - - 100 150 200
3 196139.000.000 --- --- 0.50 1 3 40
4 1962166.360.000 --- --- 0.50 1 2 30
5 196371.900.000 --- --- 0.50 1 20 ?
6 1964126.505.600 --- --- 0.50 1 2 25

1960 this pre - serie is without the word ESSAI. This coin rarely appears on sale, even in large sales offering rare to extremely rare coins.

True MS 65 are much less common than the states below, which are very easy to find. This explains the sharp rise in MS 63 estimates at MS 65.

1964, despite the existence of the first box MS 65 since 1964, find a coin in MS 65 for 1964 is more difficult than we can think.