Issuer |
France
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Period |
Provisional Government of the French Republic (1944-1946)
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Type | Standard circulation coin |
Years | 1941-1947 |
Value | 50 Centimes (0.5) |
Currency | Franc (1795-1959) |
Composition | Aluminium |
Weight | 0.7 g |
Diameter | 18 mm |
Thickness | 1.19 mm |
Shape | Round |
Technique | Milled |
Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
Demonetized | 26 June 1950 |
Number | N# 891 |
References |
F# 194, ![]() ![]() And 5 more volumes.
Francesco Pastrone; 2021. Monnaies francaises, 1789-2021 (25th edition). Éditions Victor Gadoury, Monaco.
GEM# 88.4 / 88.EP ![]() |
Marianne's head left wearing a phrygian cap decorated with a composite wreath made of olive tree leaves, oak and wheat.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE
MORLON
Engraver:
Pierre-Alexandre Morlon
Value encompassed on either side by Cornucopia (or horn of plenty, overflowing with produce, flowers or nuts).
Script: Latin
Lettering:
LIBERTE·EGALITE
FRATERNITE
50
CENTIMES
1946
Engraver:
Pierre-Alexandre Morlon
Smooth
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Paris, France (600-1973) |
B | Beaumont-le-Roger, France |
C | Castelsarrasin, France (?-1946) |
Lucien Bazor, General coin engraver, Paris (1931-1958) |
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Date | Mintage | G | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | Frequency | ||||
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Undetermined | |||||||||||||
1941 | 0.6% | Essai | |||||||||||
1941 | 10 000 000 | $ 0.13 | $ 0.21 | $ 0.59 | $ 0.59 | $ 27 | 49% | KM#894.1a | |||||
1944 | $ 0.32 | $ 1.10 | $ 1.10 | $ 8.20 | 29% | KM#894.1a | |||||||
1945 | 0.9% | Essai | |||||||||||
1945 | 26 224 000 | $ 0.20 | $ 0.29 | $ 0.32 | $ 0.91 | $ 1.60 | $ 1.60 | $ 1.60 | 40% | KM#894.1a | |||
1945 B | 6 356 819 | $ 0.05 | $ 0.32 | $ 1.30 | $ 2.90 | $ 20 | 28% | KM#894.2a | |||||
1945 C | 2 968 613 | $ 1.10 | $ 1.60 | $ 2.70 | $ 5.90 | 23% | KM#894.3a | ||||||
1946 | 0.6% | Essai | |||||||||||
1946 | 24 604 644 | $ 0.13 | $ 0.13 | $ 0.54 | $ 1.10 | $ 4.30 | 31% | KM#894.1a | |||||
1946 B | 29 344 000 | $ 0.11 | $ 0.52 | $ 1.10 | $ 5.40 | $ 14 | 30% | KM#894.2a | |||||
1947 | 51 744 000 | $ 0.43 | $ 0.43 | $ 0.54 | $ 0.86 | $ 1.10 | 49% | KM#894.1a | |||||
1947 B | 18 504 000 | $ 1.10 | $ 2.70 | $ 3.20 | $ 8.00 | $ 8.00 | 22% | KM#894.2a |
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Pictures | Sale | Date | Version | Grade | Price |
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CGB E-auction n°356 Lot 269595 ![]() |
10 Feb 2020 | 1947 B – KM#894.2a |
UNC (GENI MS65) |
USD 73.92
(EUR 69.00) |
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© CGB | |||||
Katz Auction 79 Lot 376 ![]() |
21 Mar 2023 | Undetermined | XF | Unsold | |
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