1 franc Chambers of commerce Domard aluminium pattern

Features

Issuer	France
Period	Third Republic (1870-1940)
Type	Patterns
Year	1920
Value	1 Franc
Currency	Franc (1795-1959)
Composition	Aluminium
Weight	1.35 g
Diameter	23 mm
Thickness	1.5 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 415793
References	Franc 2014# 218 var. Stéphane Desrousseaux, Michel Prieur, Laurent Schmitt; 2014. Le Franc: Les Monnaies (10^th Edition). Les Chevau-Légers, Paris, France. , Maz# 2583 c Jean Mazard. Histoire monétaire et numismatique contemporaine 1790-1967. Émile Bourgey, Monnaies et Medailles, Paris, France (2 volumes). , GEM# 95.11 Michel Taillard, Michel Arnaud; 2014. Essais Monétaires et Piéforts Français 1870-2001. Éditions Victor Gadoury, Monaco, Monaco.

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Obverse

Mercury seated left, holding a winged caduceus and leaning on a rudder; a cornucopia at his feet; below an exergue 1920 and on either side DOMARD / INV.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
COMMERCE - INDUSTRIE
ESSAI
DOMARD INV

Translation:
COMMERCE - INDUSTRY
PATTERN

Reverse

Four lines in the field

Script: Latin

Lettering:
CHAMBRES. DE. COMMERCE. DE. FRANCE.
BON POUR
1
FRANC
Br. Al.

Translation:
ROOMS. OF. COMMERCE. OF. FRANCE.
GOOD FOR
1
FRANC

Edge

Fluted

Mint

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

Comments

The word "ESSAI" on the obverse, on the right above the exergue.

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
1920

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