ESSAI DE FRAPPE 1942

Features

Issuer France
Period Provisional Government of the French Republic (1944-1946)
Type Pattern
Year 1942
Value 20 Francs
Currency Franc (1795-1959)
Composition Zinc
Weight 3.52 g
Diameter 24 mm
Thickness 1.7 mm
Shape Round with a round hole
Technique Milled
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
Number
N#
35414
References Gad# 319,
Francesco Pastrone; 2021. Monnaies francaises, 1789-2021 (25th edition). Éditions Victor Gadoury, Monaco.
GEM# 52.6
Michel Taillard, Michel Arnaud; 2014. Essais Monétaires et Piéforts Français 1870-2001. Éditions Victor Gadoury, Monaco.

Obverse

Legend around the central holeAutomatically translated

Script: Latin

Lettering:
1942
ESSAI DE FRAPPE

Reverse

Legend around the central holeAutomatically translated

Script: Latin

Lettering:
1942
ESSAI DE FRAPPE

Edge

Reeded

Comments

CGB indicates that this "Essai de frappe absent de l'ouvrage de Mazard" and indicates a degree of rarity of R2.
The GEM indicates that ''One of the 2 faces shows the cornucopia in the center under the perforation. The diameter is greater than that of the 20 centimes. This mint test also exists in smooth edge.Automatically translated

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC Frequency
1942  100% (fr) Cannelures fines
1942  0% (fr) Tranche lisse

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