This article originally appeared on GOBankingRates.com: These 13 French Coins Are Worth Thousands, Including One up to $456K If you travel to France these days, you’ll be dealing in European currency ...

From bloomberg.com Banknotes aren’t Switzerland’s only form of cash to pique the interest of criminals. While Swiss National Bank officials field accusations that their 1,000-franc bills facilitate ...

FRANCE TO LOSE ON WORN GREEK COINS; Government Has Recalled Them, but Millions Are Still in Circulation Among Frenchmen. 5-FRANC GOLD COINS GONE Collectors Seek Them Because Most of Them Have Been ...

The Swiss franc is worth more than a U.S. dollar and the 5 franc coin is minted in a large size with actual heft, a coin one wants to carry and spend, and something Mr. Scrooge would gleefully stack.

The coins were collected by Paul Narce, who lived in a small village in south-west France until his death in 2024, according to Beaussant Lefèvre and Associates.

An old CHF5 coin, dated 1928, has sold at auction for 30,000 francs in Switzerland. December 7, 2024 - 10:10 1 minute ...

Under that law, the franc coin would contain 4.5 grams of silver and 0.5 of alloy metal, for a total weight of five grams. The first 1-franc coin was minted in 1795.