Country | France |
---|---|
Period |
French State (1940-1944) |
Type | Standard circulation coin |
Years | 1942-1944 |
Value | 1 Franc (1) |
Currency | Franc (1795-1959) |
Composition | Aluminium-magnesium |
Weight | 1.3 g |
Diameter | 23 mm |
Thickness | 1.45 mm |
Shape | Round |
Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
Demonetized | 02-17-2005 |
References |
F#
223, Stéphane Desrousseaux, Michel Prieur, Laurent Schmitt; 2014. Le Franc (10th edition). Les Chevau-légers, Paris, France. ISBN 9782916996554.
Gad#
471, Francesco Pastrone; 2017. Monnaies francaises, 1789-2017 (23rd edition). Éditions Victor Gadoury, Monaco. ISBN 9782906602465 .
KM#
902,
|
Double-headed axe in the centre with an ear of wheat either side, lettering below. Lettering on top and bottom of axe and any mintmark to the left of the axe head
Lettering:
S PACIS
LB
PETAIN
ETAT FRANÇAIS
Translation:
S Pacis
KB
Petain
French State
Engraver: Lucien Georges Bazor
Oak leaves either side of the central numeral, lettering above, lettering below with the date
Lettering:
TRAVAIL·FAMILLE·
·PATRIE·
1
·FRANC·
1943
Translation:
Work Family
Country
1
Franc
1943
Engraver: Lucien Georges Bazor
Smooth
The image shows both heavy KM#902.1 (bottom) and light KM#902.1-3 (top) type
Paris, France (864-date) | |
B | Beaumont-le-Roger, France |
C | Castelsarrasin, France |
Three varieties of 1944 C are known.
1. Variety small C. The small C was done by using the awl of the 50 centimes Vichy 1944 C.
2. Large C is known in 2 main positions of the letter:
Die I - 'C' far from ax.
Die II - 'C' near ax. The discovery coin was published on 5, February 2016.
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Date | Mintage | G | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | Frequency | |||
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1942 | 0.11 | 1.0% | (fr) F. 223/1 - Essai | |||||||||
1942 | 0.23 | 0.24 | 0.49 | 1.54 | 20% | warning, rare light version weight 1.3 g | ||||||
1943 | 205,563,897 | 0.06 | 0.19 | 0.29 | 0.58 | 1.01 | 1.05 | 6.35 | 66% | KM#902.1 (Paris) | ||
1943 B | 68,082,000 | 11.92 | 11.90 | 10.72 | 8.57 | 12% | KM#902.2 (Beaumont) | |||||
1944 | 73,213,850 | 0.07 | 0.36 | 0.36 | 1.18 | 2.56 | 3.98 | 14.93 | 46% | KM#902.1 (Paris) | ||
1944 B | 13,622,075 | 1.19 | 2.57 | 2.38 | 12.56 | 36.74 | 23% | KM#902.2 (Beaumont) | ||||
1944 C | 74,859,005 | 0.38 | 0.64 | 1.19 | 4.17 | 29% | KM#902.3 (Castelsarrasin, large "C") | |||||
1944 C | 1.79 | 0.60 | 42.36 | 7% | KM#902.3 (Castelsarrasin, small "C") |
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