20 Centimes Vichy French State, Zinc, "20", heavy type

Features

Issuer	France
Period	French State (1940-1944)
Type	Standard circulation coin
Years	1941-1943
Value	20 Centimes (0.20)
Currency	Franc (1795-1959)
Composition	Zinc
Weight	3.50 g
Diameter	24.50 mm
Thickness	1.50 mm
Shape	Round with a round hole
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized	20 March 1947
Number	N# 706
References	F# 153, Stéphane Desrousseaux, Michel Prieur, Laurent Schmitt; 2014. Le Franc (10^th edition). Les Chevau-légers, Paris, France. Gad# 321, Francesco Pastrone; 2021. Monnaies francaises, 1789-2021 (25^th edition). Éditions Victor Gadoury, Monaco. Schön# 211, Gerhard Schön; 2022. Weltmünzkatalog / 20. Jahrhundert: 1901-2000 (47. Auflage). Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Germany. And 2 more volumes. KM# 900 Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Coins / 2001-Date (14^th edition). Krause Publications, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, United States. And 5 more volumes.

Obverse

Grain sprigs flank center hole

Script: Latin

Lettering:
ETAT
FRANÇAIS
A. DE G.

Translation: French State

Engraver: Atelier de gravure

Reverse

Value above and below hole, date below.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
20
CENTIMES
1941

Engraver: Atelier de gravure

Edge

Reeded

Mint

Paris, France (600-1973)

Mark

Lucien Bazor, General coin engraver, Paris (1931-1958)

Comments

This coin comes in two varieties:
- KM#900.1 heavy (3.5 grams) - thick flan
- KM#900.2 light (3 grams) - thin flan

The change in weight happens by the application of a decree of 26 July 1943. The 2 varieties exist only for the year 1943 (from the french book "the Franc IX"). The World Coins is wrong when mentioning the 2 varieties for 1941 and 1942.
Some Numista members found coins of weighing 3 to 3.5 grams for coins from 1941 they have to be considered as heavy even if their weight is not clearly heavy.

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Date	Mintage	G	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	Frequency
Undetermined
1941								1.0%	Essai
1941		$ 0.11	$ 0.21	$ 0.54	$ 1.20	$ 2.20	$ 70	54%	KM#900.1 (thick flan) Edge reeded with fine reeds
1941								3%	KM#900.1 (thick flan) Edge reeded with large reeds
1942	112 868 000	$ 0.15	$ 0.15	$ 0.54	$ 1.10	$ 1.90	$ 6.40	68%	KM#900.1 (thick flan)
1943	64 088 000	$ 0.17	$ 0.17	$ 0.80	$ 1.50	$ 2.50		53%	KM#900.1 (thick flan)

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