1984 French 10 Francs Coin Francois Rude - Great Condition - Ten Franc Coin 1984 France - High Grade -

200th Year Anniversary

Issuer    France 
Ruling authority    Fifth Republic (1958-date)
Type    Circulating commemorative coins
Year    1984
Value    10 Francs (10 FRF)
Currency    New franc (1960-2001)
Composition    Copper-aluminium-nickel
Weight    10 g
Diameter    26 mm
Thickness    2.5 mm
Shape    Round
Technique    Milled

François Rude was a French sculptor, best known for the Departure of the Volunteers, also known as La Marseillaise on the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. His work often expressed patriotic themes, as well as the transition from neo-classicism to romanticism