Piefort

Sometimes spelled Piefort. Pioneer gold Those privately-issued gold coins struck prior to 1861. These include coins struck in Georgia and North Carolina although no "pioneers" were responsible for the gold mined in those states.

piefort A piece struck on a planchet twice or more the normal thickness. 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.

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 ...

Piedfort 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.

See also: Proof, Currency, Double, Half, Regular