Country | France |
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Period | Fourth Republic (1946-1958) |
Type | Standard circulation coin |
Years | 1941-1959 |
Value | 2 Francs (2) |
Currency | Franc (1795-1959) |
Composition | Aluminium-magnesium |
Weight | 2.2 g |
Diameter | 27 mm |
Thickness | 1.8 mm |
Shape | Round |
Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
Demonetized | 02-17-2005 |
References |
F#
269, Stéphane Desrousseaux, Michel Prieur, Laurent Schmitt; 2014. Le Franc (10th edition). Les Chevau-légers, Paris, France. ISBN 9782916996554.
Gad#
538, Francesco Pastrone; 2017. Monnaies francaises, 1789-2017 (23rd edition). Éditions Victor Gadoury, Monaco. ISBN 9782906602465 .
KM#
886a,
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Wreathed female head facing left, lettering around edge both sides, engraver's name behind head.
Lettering:
REPUBLIQVE FRANÇAISE
MORLON
Engraver: Pierre-Alexandre Morlon
A cornucopia on each side, lettering at top, value in middle with date below. Privy mark to right of date.
If there is a B or C Mintmark it is in the gap between the two bases, below date.
Lettering:
LIBERTE-EGALITE
FRATERNITE
2
FRANCS
1958
Engraver: Pierre-Alexandre Morlon
Smooth
© Eagle68
Paris, France (864-date) | |
B | Beaumont-le-Roger, France |
C | Castelsarrasin, France |
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Date | Mintage | G | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | Frequency | |||
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1941 | 2% | Essai, struck during French Occupation | ||||||||||
1941 | 0.24 | 0.24 | 1.22 | 1.22 | 1.09 | 31% | KM#886a.1; cornucopia; wing mark, struck during French Occupation | |||||
1944 | 0.7% | Essai | ||||||||||
1944 | 1.22 | 1.22 | 2.37 | 4.40 | 20% | KM#886a.1; cornucopia; wing mark | ||||||
1945 | 16,636,896 | 0.27 | 1.01 | 0.61 | 1.22 | 2.82 | 9.14 | 30% | KM#886a.1; cornucopia; wing mark | |||
1945 B | 1,726,144 | 6.38 | 4.86 | 22.78 | 1.22 | 9% | KM#886a.2 | |||||
1945 C | 1,164,705 | 6.08 | 7.29 | 14.58 | 42.53 | 8% | KM#886a.3 | |||||
1946 | 34,462,877 | 0.06 | 0.24 | 0.67 | 1.22 | 2.43 | 32% | KM#886a.1; cornucopia; wing mark | ||||
1946 B | 6,017,500 | 0.18 | 4.07 | 4.56 | 1.65 | 12% | KM#886a.2 | |||||
1947 | 78,984,000 | 0.24 | 0.30 | 0.30 | 0.61 | 2.13 | 6.51 | 4.27 | 53% | KM#886a.1; cornucopia; wing mark | ||
1947 B | 26,219,500 | 0.19 | 0.61 | 0.61 | 1.62 | 6.71 | 30% | KM#886a.2 | ||||
1948 | 32,354,500 | 0.30 | 0.36 | 0.86 | 1.22 | 3.89 | 2.86 | 36% | KM#886a.1; cornucopia; wing mark | |||
1948 B | 39,090,000 | 0.12 | 0.61 | 0.61 | 1.75 | 2.19 | 34% | KM#886a.2 | ||||
1949 | 13,683,500 | 0.24 | 0.73 | 1.22 | 1.22 | 7.46 | 24% | KM#886a.1; cornucopia; wing mark | ||||
1949 B | 23,955,000 | 0.30 | 0.44 | 1.22 | 8.51 | 27% | KM#886a.2 | |||||
1950 | 12,590,508 | 0.41 | 0.61 | 2.04 | 6.08 | 22% | KM#886a.1; cornucopia; wing mark | |||||
1950 B | 18,185,000 | 0.73 | 0.73 | 1.22 | 3.04 | 22% | KM#886a.2 | |||||
1958 | 9,906,000 | 0.27 | 1.08 | 4.13 | 5.43 | 20% | KM#886a.1; cornucopia; owl mark | |||||
1959 | 17,774,500 | 0.43 | 0.61 | 1.22 | 2.43 | 2.92 | 6.51 | 26% | KM#886a.1; cornucopia; owl mark |
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