piefort: A piece struck on a planchet twice or more the normal thickness, though with the regular designs. The French spelling used in Europe is piedfort.
New coinage denominations, pieforts and large volume production serve to mark his bloody, dictatorial and self-serving reign.
A term that means "double thick," it usually refers to French coins that were made in a double thickness to signify double value. Sometimes spelled Piefort.
Pioneer gold ...
559a---5th Republic. 1986 100 Fr, Statue of Liberty. KM-P972. Silver Piefort Pf. $15
560 FRENCH COLONIES, Louis Philippe I. 1839. 5 Centimes. Choice but for one large obv. scr. 2 smaller rev. scratches. KM-12, Cr-13. EF $30 ...
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