20 Centimes

20 Centimes - obverse20 Centimes - reverse

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Features

Issuer Commune of Blois (Department of Loir et Cher)
Period Third Republic (1870-1940)
Type Standard circulation coin
Year 1918
Value 20 Centimes (0.20)
Currency Franc (1795-1959)
Composition Aluminium
Weight 1.5 g
Diameter 26 mm
Thickness 1.4 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
29232
References El Mon.# 10.3
Roland Élie; 2003. Monnaies de nécessité et jetons-monnaie : France, colonies, Monaco : 1800-2000. Association des Collectionneurs de Jetons-monnaie, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France.

Obverse

Coat of arms of the town of Blois surrounded by the legend.Automatically translated

Script: Latin

Lettering:
* VILLE DE BLOIS *
J. BORY
CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE

Reverse

Face value and date surrounded by the legend.Automatically translated

Script: Latin

Lettering:
SYNDICAT INDUSTRIEL ET COMMERCIAL
20
CENT
1918
*

Unabridged legend: 20 centimes

Edge

Plain.

Mint

J.BORY J. Bory, Paris, France

Comments

Cumulative print runs for 5c, 10c and 20c 1918: approx. 800,000
(Elie 2003, p. 52)Automatically translated

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
1918 

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