1 Franc Morlon; Cupro-aluminium; Essai-Piefort

Features

Issuer	France
Ruling authority	Third Republic (1870-1940)
Type	Patterns
Year	1931
Value	1 Franc
Currency	Franc (1795-1959)
Composition	Copper-aluminium
Weight	8 g
Diameter	23 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized	5 August 1949
Number	N# 437808
References	GEM# 97.EP Michel Taillard, Michel Arnaud; 2014. Essais Monétaires et Piéforts Français 1870-2001. Éditions Victor Gadoury, Monaco, Monaco.

Obverse

Bust of the Republic on the left, wearing the Phrygian cap decorated with a cockade under a composite crown of olive tree, oak and wheat.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
REPVBLIQVE FRANÇAISE
MORLON

Engraver: Pierre-Alexandre Morlon

Reverse

Two horns of plenty
Face value

Script: Latin

Lettering:
LIBERTE-EGALITE
FRATERNITE
Essai
1
FRANC
1931

Engraver: Pierre-Alexandre Morlon

Edge

Plain

© erynegallet (CC0)

Mint

Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date)

Comments

Theoretical weight 8 grams. Exemplars observed: 6.68 g and 7.13 g

This is an automatic translation. The original text is:

Poids théorique de 8 grammes. Exemplaires observés : 6.68 g et 7.13 g

See also

• Phrygian cap
• Cornucopia

• 1 Franc

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC	References
Undetermined
1931											GEM# 97.EP Michel Taillard, Michel Arnaud; 2014. Essais Monétaires et Piéforts Français 1870-2001. Éditions Victor Gadoury, Monaco, Monaco.

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