1 Franc - Charlotte small Type

Features

Country	Luxembourg
Type	Standard circulation coin
Years	1952-1964
Value	1 Franc (1 LUF)
Currency	Franc (1854-2001)
Composition	Copper-nickel
Weight	4 g
Diameter	21 mm
Thickness	1.6 mm
Shape	Round
Orientation	Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized	09-01-1991
References	L# 299, Prifix : catalogue illustré des monnaies luxembourgeoises by Romain Probst (La banque du timbre) Weiller# 289, Les Monnaies Luxembourgeoises by Raymond Weiller (Université Catholique de Louvain) KM# 46.2, Standard Catalog of World Coins by George S. Cuhaj (Krause Publications) Schön# 33 Weltmünzkatalog by Gerhard Schön, Günter Schön (Battenberg Gietl Verlag)

Obverse

A puddler (Feierstëppler) at work, in the background the blast furnaces, above the name of the country in Luxembourg, mintage year at the bottom, initials of the engraver at 8 o'clock.

Lettering:
LETZEBURG
A.B.
1957

Translation: Luxembourg

Engraver: Armand Bonnetain

Reverse

Crowned monogram of Charlotte (1896-1985), Grand Duchess of Luxembourg from 1919 to 1964, with both sides of the face value. Below two branches of rosebush and the initials of the engraver.

Lettering:
1 Ch F.
A.B.

Engraver: Armand Bonnetain

Edge

Reeded

Comments

This coin is very common, engraved by Armand Bonnetain and coined at the Brussels currency workshop.
The type was introduced by the Grand-Ducal decree of November 13, 1952, intended to replace the 1 franc - large module.
This coin is made of cupronickel alloy (containing 75% copper and 25% nickel) with a tolerance both outside and inside within 1%. The weight tolerance is 2.9%. This is the last time the puddler was used as a motif for a Luxembourg coin. Please refer to the KM # 35 (1 franc) data sheet for more information about the Feierstëppler.

The reference L#299-8 corresponds to the silver coinage issued in 1980.

There are two different types for the right:

The corner of the type 1 (worker in the center) was used only for the 1952 mint year:

Handle far from L of LETZEBURG

Date far from handle

The type 2 (worker below) was taken over for the years 1953 - 1964:

Handle close to L of LETZEBURG

Date close to handle

Note that the dimensions of the puddler do not vary, only its position as well as that of the background and the legend change. The reverse type 1 and type 2 are identical.

These pieces were demonetized by the Grand-Ducal regulation of 11 January 1991.

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Year	Mintage	VG	F	VF	XF	UNC
1952	5,000,000	0.23	0.28	0.50	0.50		L#299-1 / type 1
1953	2,000,000		0.56	0.56	0.81		L#299-2
1955	1,000,000			0.43	0.43		L#299-3
1957	2,000,000	0.28	0.28	0.51	0.51		L#299-4
1960	2,000,000	0.14	0.22	0.40	0.40	2.23	L#299-5
1962	2,000,000		0.14	0.55	1.56		L#299-6
1964	2,000,000		0.20	0.27	0.27		L#299-7

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