50 Francs

Features

Issuer	France
Period	Fourth Republic (1946-1958)
Type	Standard circulation coin
Years	1950-1958
Value	50 Francs (50)
Currency	Franc (1795-1959)
Composition	Copper-aluminium (91% Copper, 9% Aluminium)
Weight	8 g
Diameter	27 mm
Thickness	2.24 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized	3 August 1966
Number	N# 712 Numista type number (https://numista.com)
References	F# 425, Stéphane Desrousseaux, Michel Prieur, Laurent Schmitt; 2014. Le Franc (10^th edition). Les Chevau-légers, Paris, France. KM# 918, Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Coins / 2001-Date (14^th edition). Krause Publications, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, USA. And 5 more volumes. Gad# 880, Francesco Pastrone; 2019. Monnaies francaises, 1789-2019 (24^th edition). Éditions Victor Gadoury, Monaco. Schön# 223 Gerhard Schön; 2018. Weltmünzkatalog / 20. Jahrhundert: 1901-2000 (46. Auflage). Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Germany. And 2 more volumes.

Obverse

Female head facing left, designer, legend

Script: Latin

Lettering: REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE G GUIRAUD

Translation: French Republic

Engraver: Georges Guiraud

Reverse

Rooster facing right, laurel branch, value, year of production, a pattern of dashes around the edge with the mintmark below the date

Script: Latin

Lettering:
50
FRANCS
1952
LIBERTE EGALITE FRATERNITE

Translation: Liberty Equality Fraternity

Engraver: Georges Guiraud

Edge

Smooth

Mints

	Paris, France (864-date)
B	Beaumont-le-Roger, France

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Date	Mintage	G	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC	Frequency
Undetermined
1950	1 700								0.4%	(fr) F. 425/1 - Essai
1950									0.12%	F. 425/2 Pré-série sans le mot essai avec le listel large, très rare
1950					$ 143				1.6%	KM#918.1 (without mintmark)
1950 B									0.5%	KM#918.2 (with mintmark, rare)
1951	68 629 600	$ 0.12	$ 0.36	$ 0.53	$ 1.06	$ 1.92	$ 4.50	$ 5.03	51%	KM#918.1 (without mintmark)
1951 B	11 829 121		$ 1.03	$ 1.06	$ 1.59	$ 2.90			23%	KM#918.2 (with mintmark)
1952									0.8%	(fr) F. 425/7 - Essai
1952	74 211 600	$ 0.35	$ 0.43	$ 0.59	$ 0.93	$ 1.37	$ 2.08	$ 4.91	53%	KM#918.1 (without mintmark)
1952 B	13 432 229		$ 1.47	$ 1.47	$ 2.73	$ 4.75	$ 42		20%	KM#918.2 (with mintmark)
1953	63 171 600	$ 0.17	$ 0.55	$ 0.55	$ 1.06	$ 1.48	$ 4.06	$ 4.86	47%	KM#918.1 (without mintmark)
1953 B	23 375 768		$ 0.42	$ 2.67	$ 2.67	$ 2.67	$ 2.67	$ 2.67	23%	KM#918.2 (with mintmark)
1954	1 083 200			$ 46	$ 46	$ 46			3%	KM#918.1 (without mintmark)
1954 B	6 567 282			$ 21	$ 21	$ 21			5%	KM#918.2 (with mintmark)
1958	500 738				$ 83	$ 83			2%	KM#918.1 (without mintmark)

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Version	Grade	Price
	Heritage Auctions Weekly World and Ancient Coin Auction 231914 Lot 61228	Apr 4, 2019	1954 B – KM#918.2 (with mintmark)	UNC (NGC MS64)	USD 168.00 (incl. buyer's premium)
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