50 Centimes Vichy French State; heavy type

Features

Issuer	France
Period	French State (1940-1944)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	1942-1943
Value	50 Centimes (0.50)
Currency	Franc (1795-1959)
Composition	Aluminium (95% Aluminium, 5% Magnesium)
Weight	0.8 g
Diameter	18 mm
Thickness	1.5 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Coin alignment ↑↓
Issued	7 May 1942
Demonetized	31 July 1950
Number	N# 18131
References	Franc 2014# 195 Stéphane Desrousseaux, Michel Prieur, Laurent Schmitt; 2014. Le Franc: Les Monnaies (10^th Edition). Les Chevau-Légers, Paris, France. , Gad 1789# 425 Éditions Victor Gadoury (publisher). Monnaies françaises (Gadoury). Éditions Victor Gadoury, Monaco, Monaco (9 volumes). , KM# 914.1 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). , Schön# 212.1 Battenberg Gietl Verlag (publisher). Weltmünzkatalog. Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Bavaria, Germany (4 volumes).

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Obverse

An axe in between two ears of wheat and the issuer name at the bottom

Script: Latin

Lettering:
ÉTAT FRANÇAIS
LB

Translation:
French State
LB

Engraver: Lucien Georges Bazor

Reverse

The denomination in the center with the date below and the French motto above

Script: Latin

Lettering:
·TRAVAIL·FAMILLE·
·PATRIE·
50
CENTIMES
1942

Translation:
Work Family
Homeland
50
Centimes
1942

Engraver: Lucien Georges Bazor

Edge

Smooth
The image shows both heavy KM#914.1 (bottom) and light KM#914.2-4 (top) type.

Mint

Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date)

Mark

Lucien Bazor, General coin engraver, Monnaie de Paris (1931-1958)

Comments

Pattern 1942

F.195/2b (1942)
The cross and star variant:

Standard Catalog of World Coins gives 1944 thick flan, most probalby, by mistake.

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Date	Mintage	G	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC	References		Frequency
Undetermined
1942	300								Franc 2014# 195/1 Stéphane Desrousseaux, Michel Prieur, Laurent Schmitt; 2014. Le Franc: Les Monnaies (10^th Edition). Les Chevau-Légers, Paris, France.	Trial Strike	0.9%
1942	180 000					$ 0.37			Franc 2014# 195/2 Stéphane Desrousseaux, Michel Prieur, Laurent Schmitt; 2014. Le Franc: Les Monnaies (10^th Edition). Les Chevau-Légers, Paris, France.	Cross on globules (Rajout Franc2019)	0.7%
1942	129 758 321	$ 0.10	$ 0.15	$ 0.23	$ 0.50	$ 0.89	$ 1.20	$ 1.20	Franc 2014# 195/3 Stéphane Desrousseaux, Michel Prieur, Laurent Schmitt; 2014. Le Franc: Les Monnaies (10^th Edition). Les Chevau-Légers, Paris, France.	Approximately 130,000,000 strikes	90%
1943		$ 0.12	$ 0.12	$ 0.23	$ 0.41	$ 0.41	$ 0.87	$ 1.00	Franc 2014# 195/4 Stéphane Desrousseaux, Michel Prieur, Laurent Schmitt; 2014. Le Franc: Les Monnaies (10^th Edition). Les Chevau-Légers, Paris, France.		31%

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Version	Grade	Sold price
	Katz Auction 194 Lot 160	15 May 2026	Undetermined	UNC	Unsold
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	Katz Auction 184 Lot 295	27 Feb 2026	Undetermined	UNC	USD 37.14 (EUR 32.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 106 Lot 1873	27 Dec 2023	Undetermined	XF	USD 5.80 (EUR 5.00) (+ buyer's premium) The lot includes several items.
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	Katz Auction 92 Lot 2482	15 Aug 2023	Undetermined	XF	Unsold The lot includes several items.
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