25 Centimes

Features

Country	France - Modern
Period	Third Republic (1870-1940)
Type	Standard circulation coin
Years	1917-1937
Value	25 Centimes (0.25)
Currency	Franc (1795-1959)
Composition	Copper-nickel
Weight	5 g
Diameter	24 mm
Thickness	1.64 mm
Shape	Round with a hole
Orientation	Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized	02-15-1942
References	KM# 867a, Standard Catalog of World Coins by George S. Cuhaj (Krause Publications) Gad# 380, Monnaies francaises by Francesco Pastrone (Victor Gadoury) Schön# 195a, Weltmünzkatalog by Gerhard Schön, Günter Schön (Battenberg Gietl Verlag) F# 171 Le Franc by Stéphane Desrousseaux, Michel Prieur, Laurent Schmitt (Les Chevau-légers)

Obverse

Lettering:
RF
EM LINDAUER

Engraver: Edmond-Emile Lindauer

Reverse

Lettering:
LIBERTE·EGALITE
FRATERNITE
25 CMES
1933

Engraver: Edmond-Emile Lindauer

Edge

Smooth

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Year	Mintage	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC	Frequency
1917	3,084,721	1.11	3.33	6.95				18%	torch mark
1918	18,329,894	0.33	0.61	1.10	3.29		2.39	35%	torch mark
1919	5,106,398	0.67	1.88	2.00				19%	torch mark
1920								1.1%	torch mark; reeded edge
1920	18,108,122	0.17	0.22	0.55	0.90			30%	torch mark; smooth edge
1921	18,531,221	0.11	0.22	1.03	1.03			31%	torch mark
1922	17,766,341	0.29	0.29	1.03	1.03			30%	torch mark
1923	19,718,498	0.33	0.58	0.92	0.92			30%	torch mark
1924	24,534,899	0.22	0.55	0.98	1.44			34%	torch mark
1925	17,807,055	0.14	0.22	1.07	4.44			29%	torch mark
1926	13,226,392	0.72	0.72	1.46	1.46			25%	torch mark
1927	13,464,651	0.61	1.05	1.11	1.13			27%	torch mark
1928	9,959,805	0.61	0.61	1.59	1.59			24%	torch mark
1929								0.8%	torch mark; reeded edge
1929	12,887,322		0.72	0.89	5.55			25%	torch mark; smooth edge
1930	28,362,913	0.16	0.50	0.81	2.22			37%	torch mark
1931								0.9%	reeded edge
1931	22,120,626	0.46	0.46	0.55	1.27			29%	smooth edge; wing privy mark
1932	30,363,976	0.07	0.22	0.89	0.90	9.99		38%	wing privy mark
1933	28,562,167		0.44	0.70	4.99	23.44		33%	wing privy mark
1936	4,657,312		4.16	5.55				11%	wing privy mark
1937	7,780,420		0.78	1.11	2.22			22%	wing privy mark

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