1 Franc Vichy French State - light type
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Features
| Issuer | 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 |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
| Demonetized | 17 February 2005 |
| Number |
N# 298
Numista type number (https://numista.com)
|
| References |
F# 223,  Stéphane Desrousseaux, Michel Prieur, Laurent Schmitt; 2014. Le Franc (10th edition). Les Chevau-légers, Paris, France.
Francesco Pastrone; 2019. Monnaies francaises, 1789-2019 (24th edition). Éditions Victor Gadoury, Monaco.
KM# 902,  Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Coins / 2001-Date (14th edition). Krause Publications, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, USA. And 5 more volumes.  Gerhard Schön; 2018. Weltmünzkatalog / 20. Jahrhundert: 1901-2000 (46. Auflage). Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Germany. And 2 more volumes. |
Obverse
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
LB
Petain
French State
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
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
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#902.1 (bottom) and light KM#902.1-3 (top) type
Mints
| Paris, France (864-date) | |
| B | Beaumont-le-Roger, France |
| C | Castelsarrasin, France |
Comments
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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | ||||||||||||
| 1942 | 1.2% | (fr) F. 223/1 - Essai | ||||||||||
| 1942 | $ 0.20 | $ 0.21 | $ 0.43 | $ 1.34 | 21% | warning, rare light version weight 1.3 g | ||||||
| 1943 | 205 563 897 | $ 0.15 | $ 0.17 | $ 0.24 | $ 0.51 | $ 0.85 | $ 0.93 | $ 3.45 | 67% | KM#902.1 (Paris) | ||
| 1943 B | 68 082 000 | $ 9.81 | $ 9.81 | $ 9.81 | $ 9.81 | 12% | KM#902.2 (Beaumont) | |||||
| 1944 | 73 213 850 | $ 0.06 | $ 0.32 | $ 0.32 | $ 0.95 | $ 1.90 | $ 5.82 | $ 13 | 46% | KM#902.1 (Paris) | ||
| 1944 B | 13 622 075 | $ 0.25 | $ 0.96 | $ 2.16 | $ 2.16 | $ 11 | $ 11 | $ 35 | 23% | KM#902.2 (Beaumont) | ||
| 1944 C | 74 859 005 | $ 0.34 | $ 0.53 | $ 1.06 | $ 3.38 | 28% | KM#902.3 (Castelsarrasin, large "C") | |||||
| 1944 C | $ 19 | $ 19 | $ 19 | $ 42 | 6% | KM#902.3 (Castelsarrasin, small "C") | ||||||
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