{"product_id":"france-km-1006-5-francs-1992-very-fine-vf-10th-anniv-death-pierre-mendes-france","title":"France KM#1006 5 Francs 1992 Very Fine VF—10th Anniv. Death Pierre Mendès-France","description":"\u003cdiv\u003eComposition\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eNickel plated copper-nickel\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eWeight\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e10 g\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eDiameter\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e29 mm\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThickness\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e2 mm\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eShape\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eRound\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eTechnique\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eMilled\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eOrientation\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eCoin alignment ↑↓\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eDemonetized\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e17 February 2002\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eNumista\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eN#22\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eReferences\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eFranc 2014# 343, Gad 1789# 773, KM# 1006, Schön# 297, GEM# 156.3\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-start=\"83\" data-end=\"353\"\u003eAbout Pierre Mendès France\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"83\" data-end=\"353\"\u003ePierre Mendès France (1907–1982) was one of the most intellectually serious and morally rigorous figures of the French Fourth Republic—a radical reformer who briefly served as Prime Minister from 1954 to 1955 and left a disproportionate mark on French political culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"355\" data-end=\"373\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe essentials\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-start=\"375\" data-end=\"1348\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"375\" data-end=\"539\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"377\" data-end=\"539\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"377\" data-end=\"423\"\u003ePrime Minister (June 1954 – February 1955)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"423\" data-end=\"426\"\u003eTook office amid crisis: France was bogged down in Indochina, politically fractured, and economically strained.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"541\" data-end=\"755\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"543\" data-end=\"755\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"543\" data-end=\"576\"\u003eEnded the First Indochina War\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"576\" data-end=\"579\"\u003eHe accepted the Geneva Accords in 1954, ending France’s colonial war in Vietnam. For many, that was realism; for others, humiliation. Either way, he chose exit over illusion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"757\" data-end=\"930\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"759\" data-end=\"930\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"759\" data-end=\"803\"\u003eAdvocated decolonization in North Africa\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"803\" data-end=\"806\"\u003eBegan reforms in Tunisia and Morocco and signaled a willingness to rethink the empire—before most of his peers were ready.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"932\" data-end=\"1129\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"934\" data-end=\"1129\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"934\" data-end=\"957\"\u003eEconomic modernizer\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"957\" data-end=\"960\"\u003ePromoted fiscal discipline, planning, and productivity. He was comfortable with technocratic governance—almost prefiguring later European social-democratic pragmatism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"1131\" data-end=\"1348\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1133\" data-end=\"1348\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1133\" data-end=\"1164\"\u003eA different political style\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"1164\" data-end=\"1167\"\u003eHe gave sober radio addresses explaining policy in detail to the public. No bombast. No mystique. Just reasoned argument. It was almost Protestant in tone, rare in Latin politics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWhy he matters\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1375\" data-end=\"1431\"\u003eMendès France represented a fork in the road for France:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-start=\"1433\" data-end=\"1624\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"1433\" data-end=\"1470\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1435\" data-end=\"1470\"\u003eAnti-colonial before it was safe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"1471\" data-end=\"1516\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1473\" data-end=\"1516\"\u003ePro-European but not naïvely Atlanticist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"1517\" data-end=\"1565\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1519\" data-end=\"1565\"\u003eSocially reformist yet fiscally disciplined.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"1566\" data-end=\"1624\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1568\" data-end=\"1624\"\u003eIntellectually austere in an era of theatrical politics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1626\" data-end=\"1812\"\u003eHe was admired by younger reformers, including future Socialist leaders like \u003cspan class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"whitespace-normal\"\u003eFrançois Mitterrand\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e (who would later take France in a more strategic, long-game direction).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1814\" data-end=\"1888\"\u003eYet he never built a mass movement. He was more \u003cem data-start=\"1862\" data-end=\"1874\"\u003econscience\u003c\/em\u003e than machine.\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe irony\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1910\" data-end=\"2086\"\u003eHe may have been too lucid for the Fourth Republic. In a system addicted to short-term parliamentary maneuvering, he tried to govern by clarity and long-range responsibility.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2088\" data-end=\"2277\"\u003eThere’s something almost contemporary about him—technocratic integrity in a populist age. If you like figures who attempt structural correction rather than symbolic gestures, he’s your man.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"World Money Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51736091689271,"sku":"FRKM1006VFB","price":1.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0969\/7165\/3431\/files\/KM1006r.jpg?v=1772426131","url":"https:\/\/worldmoneystore.com\/products\/france-km-1006-5-francs-1992-very-fine-vf-10th-anniv-death-pierre-mendes-france","provider":"World Money Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}