5 Francs

Features

Issuer	France
Period	Fourth Republic (1946-1958)
Type	Standard circulation coin
Years	1945-1952
Value	5 Francs
Currency	Franc (1795-1959)
Composition	Aluminium
Weight	3.5 g
Diameter	31 mm
Thickness	2.3 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized	1 October 1966
Number	N# 1190 Numista type number (https://en.numista.com/help/what-is-the-n-number-visible-in-the-catalogue-33.html)
References	F# 339, Stéphane Desrousseaux, Michel Prieur, Laurent Schmitt; 2014. Le Franc (10^th edition). Les Chevau-légers, Paris, France. Gad# 766, Francesco Pastrone; 2021. Monnaies francaises, 1789-2021 (25^th edition). Éditions Victor Gadoury, Monaco. KM# 888b, Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Coins / 2001-Date (14^th edition). Krause Publications, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, United States. And 5 more volumes. Schön# 203b Gerhard Schön; 2022. Weltmünzkatalog / 20. Jahrhundert: 1901-2000 (47. Auflage). Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Germany. And 2 more volumes.

Obverse

Laureate head left

Script: Latin

Lettering:
REPUBLIQVE FRANÇAISE
A.LAVRILLIER

Translation: French Republic

Engraver: André-Henri Lavrillier

Reverse

The denomination above date within sectioned wreath with the mintmark below the lowest of the seven ║ in the design

Script: Latin

Lettering:
RF
5
FRANCS
1947

Engraver: André-Henri Lavrillier

Edge

Smooth

Mints

	Paris, France (600-1973)
B	Beaumont-le-Roger, France
C	Castelsarrasin, France (?-1946)

Mark

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

Comments

Question about weight.
Thanks to certain correspondence found in the archives, we know that the 1945 strikes fall into two main categories: 3.5g and 3.8g. Using the register of issue judgments allows us to go further because, in addition to the number of coins struck, it shows the total weight of each issue. We thus have confirmation that the strikes started in 1945, on January 2, at the target weight of 3.5g.
Of all 95,398,800 struck in Paris in 1945, we already know that 11,786,400 copies were struck at a target weight of 3.5g while the others are distributed in a range of 3.75 to 3.9g
For Beaumont-Le-Roger, the aluminum strikes do not start until the end of May at a target weight of 3.8g.
For Castelsarrasin, we have no data.
The 1952 production would have been destined for Algeria.
Source: Le Franc 2019 (page 910)

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How to understand the difference between closed and opened "9":

at the left is closed and at the right is opened "9"

1950 date varieties

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Date	Mintage	G	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC	Frequency
Undetermined
1945				$ 0.54	$ 1.60	$ 1.60			3%	KM#888b.1 (closed 9)
1945	95 398 800	$ 0.10	$ 0.32	$ 0.54	$ 1.10	$ 1.30	$ 5.40	$ 7.10	44%	KM#888b.1 (open 9)
1945	1 100				$ 18				0.9%	Trial strike
1945 B	6 043 200		$ 1.10	$ 1.60	$ 3.20	$ 8.90	$ 11		10%	KM#888b.2 (open 9)
1945 C	2 208 114			$ 16	$ 16	$ 29			4%	KM#888b.3 (open 9)
1946	61 332 000	$ 0.11	$ 0.40	$ 0.54	$ 1.10	$ 1.10	$ 3.30	$ 3.30	34%	KM#888b.1 (open 9)
1946 B	13 360 400	$ 0.54	$ 0.93	$ 0.93	$ 2.20	$ 6.30	$ 6.30		13%	KM#888b.2 (open 9)
1946 C	1 268 907			$ 15	$ 15	$ 15	$ 15		4%	KM#888b.3 (open 9)
1947			$ 0.16	$ 0.32	$ 0.54	$ 1.30			17%	KM#888b.1 (closed 9)
1947	46 575 600	$ 0.11	$ 0.12	$ 0.54	$ 1.10	$ 1.10	$ 2.20	$ 3.00	41%	KM#888b.1 (open 9)
1947 B			$ 0.27	$ 0.43	$ 1.40	$ 2.10	$ 3.30	$ 17	11%	KM#888b.2 (closed 9)
1947 B	30 838 800	$ 0.59	$ 0.59	$ 0.59	$ 1.40	$ 2.50	$ 3.20		23%	KM#888b.2 (open 9)
1948				$ 22	$ 27				2%	KM#888b.1 (closed 9)
1948	104 473 600		$ 0.19	$ 1.60	$ 3.00	$ 3.00			15%	KM#888b.1 (open 9)
1948 B									0.5%	KM#888b.2 (closed 9)
1948 B	28 046 800			$ 39	$ 65				3%	KM#888b.2 (open 9)
1949	203 251 600	$ 0.13	$ 0.22	$ 0.48	$ 0.56	$ 0.87	$ 0.94	$ 3.60	50%	KM#888b.1 (closed 9)
1949					$ 0.43				3%	KM#888b.1 (open 9)
1949 B	48 414 000		$ 0.32	$ 0.43	$ 1.20	$ 2.50	$ 5.50	$ 5.50	27%	KM#888b.2 (closed 9)
1950	128 371 600	$ 0.10	$ 0.36	$ 0.54	$ 1.10	$ 1.60	$ 1.60	$ 2.90	23%	KM#888b.1 (closed 9)
1950 B	28 952 000		$ 0.98	$ 0.98	$ 3.20	$ 4.30	$ 5.00	$ 9.50	11%	KM#888b.2 (closed 9)
1952	4 000 000		$ 23	$ 23	$ 23	$ 23			4%	KM#888b.1 (closed 9)

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