fmd_219786 - 100 francs René Descartes 1991 F.459/2
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Price : 45.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2016)
Price : 45.00 €
Type : 100 francs René Descartes
Date: 1991
Quantity minted : 3965161
Metal : silver
Diameter : 31 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 15 g.
Edge : lisse
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : LIBERTE EGALITE FRATERNITE / DESCARTES / 1991.
Obverse description : portrait de Descartes de face, les cheveux se terminant d'un côté par une pile de livres, de l'autre par un parchemin.
Reverse
Reverse legend : REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE / (DIFFÉRENT) 100 F (DIFFÉRENT).
Reverse description : une main indiquant du doigt un parchemin entouré des douze étoiles de l'Union Européenne ; signé A. GAL à l'exergue.
Historical background
V REPUBLIC
(since 08/01/1959)
The Fifth Republic, whose constitution was approved by referendum on September 28, 1958 by more than 79% of French people, only officially began with the installation of General de Gaulle as president on January 8, 1959. The constitution was amended on January 28, 1958. October 1962 by referendum where a majority of 62% of votes approves the election of the President of the Republic by direct universal suffrage. The various presidents of the Fifth Republic are Charles de Gaulle (8/01/1959 - 27/04/1969, retirement and Alain Poher becomes interim president), Georges Pompidou (15/06/1969 - 2/04/1974, deceased , Alain Poher becomes interim president), Valéry Giscard d'Estaing (19/05/1974 - 21/05/1981), François Mitterrand (21/05/1981 - 7/05/1995), Jacques Chirac (7/05 /1995 - 05/16/2007), Nicolas Sarkozy (05/16/2007 - 05/15/2012), François Hollande (05/15/2012 - 05/14/2017) and Emmanuel Macron (05/14/2017 - ).
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