50 Centimes Vichy French State; heavy type
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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 |
| Weight | 0.8 g |
| Diameter | 18 mm |
| Thickness | 1.5 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
| Demonetized | 07-31-1950 |
| References |
KM#
914.4, Standard Catalog of World Coins
Gad#
425, by George S. Cuhaj (Krause Publications) Monnaies francaises
F#
195, by Francesco Pastrone (Victor Gadoury) Le Franc
Schön#
212.1 by Stéphane Desrousseaux, Michel Prieur, Laurent Schmitt (Les Chevau-légers) 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
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| Year | Mintage | G | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1942 | 129,758,321 | 0.13 | 0.21 | 0.53 | 1.11 | 1.31 | 2.35 | (fr) F. 195/2 | |||
| 1942 | Essai | ||||||||||
| 1943 | 0.22 | 0.55 | 0.60 | (fr) F. 195/3 | |||||||
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