50 Centimes Vichy French State; heavy type
© Subli37
Features
| Country | France - Modern |
|---|---|
| Period | French State (1940-1944) |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
| Years | 1942-1943 |
| Value | 50 Centimes (0.5) |
| Currency | Franc (1795-1959) |
| Composition | Aluminium-magnesium |
| Weight | 0.8 g |
| Diameter | 18 mm |
| Thickness | 1.5 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
| Demonetized | 07-31-1950 |
| References |
F#
195, Le Franc
Gad#
425, by Stéphane Desrousseaux, Michel Prieur, Laurent Schmitt (Les Chevau-légers) Monnaies francaises
KM#
914.4, by Francesco Pastrone (Victor Gadoury) Standard Catalog of World Coins
Schön#
212.1 by George S. Cuhaj (Krause Publications) Weltmünzkatalog
by Gerhard Schön, Günter Schön (Battenberg Gietl Verlag) |
Obverse
Lettering:
ÉTAT FRANÇAIS
LB
Engraver: Lucien Georges Bazor
Lucien Georges Bazor was Chief Engraver at the Paris mint from 1930 to 1958. He was born in Paris in 1889 and initially studied under his father, Albert Bazor. Bazor later became the pupil of Patey at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts. He won the Grand Prix de Rome in 1923 for his engraving.
Reverse
Lettering:
·TRAVAIL·FAMILLE·
·PATRIE·
50
CENTIMES
1942
Engraver: Lucien Georges Bazor
Lucien Georges Bazor was Chief Engraver at the Paris mint from 1930 to 1958. He was born in Paris in 1889 and initially studied under his father, Albert Bazor. Bazor later became the pupil of Patey at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts. He won the Grand Prix de Rome in 1923 for his engraving.
Edge
Smooth
The image shows both heavy KM#914.4 (bottom) and light KM#914.1-3 (top) type
Comments
Pattern 1942
F.195/2b (1942)
See also
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| Year | Mintage | G | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | Frequency | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1942 | 0.04 | 0.14 | 0.22 | 0.52 | 1.08 | 1.58 | 2.30 | 92% | Approximately 130,000,000 strikes | |||
| 1942 | 0.05% | Cross on globule (Rajout Franc2019) | ||||||||||
| 1942 | 300 | 1.4% | Essai | |||||||||
| 1943 | 0.22 | 0.52 | 0.52 | 27% | (fr) F. 195/3 | |||||||
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