50 Centimes Morlon pattern, nickel

Features

Issuer France
Period Third Republic (1870-1940)
Type Pattern
Year 1939
Value 50 Centimes (0.50)
Currency Franc (1795-1959)
Composition Nickel
Weight 3 g
Diameter 18 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
195698
References VG# 5510,
Victor Guilloteau; 1943. Monnaies françaises : Colonies, 1670-1942, métropole, 1774-1942. A. Barry, Paris, France.
Maz# 2593,
Jean Mazard; 1965. Histoire monétaire et numismatique contemporaine 1790-1963 / Tome 1. 1790-1848. Sabine Bourgey, Paris, France.
And 1 more volumes.
GEM# 84.8
Michel Taillard, Michel Arnaud; 2014. Essais Monétaires et Piéforts Français 1870-2001. Éditions Victor Gadoury, Monaco.

Obverse

Bust of the Republic on the left, wearing a Phrygian cap adorned with a cockade under a composite wreath of olive, oak and wheat; signed MORLON behind.Automatically translated

Script: Latin

Lettering:
REPVUBLIQVE FRANCAISE
MORLON

Engraver: Pierre-Alexandre Morlon

Reverse

In two lines above 1939, framed by the various, all between two symmetrically opposed horns of plenty.Automatically translated

Script: Latin

Lettering:
LIBERTE - EGALITE
FRATERNITE
ESSAI
50
CENTIMES
1939

Engraver: Pierre-Alexandre Morlon

Edge

Reeded

Mint

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

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
1939  (fr) GEM (84.8)

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