50 Centimes light type

50 Centimes (light type) - obverse50 Centimes (light type) - reverse

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Features

Issuer France
Period Provisional Government of the French Republic (1944-1946)
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,
Stéphane Desrousseaux, Michel Prieur, Laurent Schmitt; 2014. Le Franc (10th edition). Les Chevau-légers, Paris, France.
KM# 894a,
Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Coins / 2001-Date (14th edition). Krause Publications, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, United States.
And 5 more volumes.
Gad# 426,
Francesco Pastrone; 2021. Monnaies francaises, 1789-2021 (25th edition). Éditions Victor Gadoury, Monaco.
GEM# 88.4 / 88.EP
Michel Taillard, Michel Arnaud; 2014. Essais Monétaires et Piéforts Français 1870-2001. Éditions Victor Gadoury, Monaco.

Obverse

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 Read more on Wikipedia

Pierre-Alexandre Morlon, born in Mâcon in 1878, and d died in 1951, was a French medallist and sculptor.

Reverse

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 Read more on Wikipedia

Pierre-Alexandre Morlon, born in Mâcon in 1878, and d died in 1951, was a French medallist and sculptor.

Edge

Smooth

Mints

Mintmark of Paris Paris, France (600-1973)
B Beaumont-le-Roger, France
C Castelsarrasin, France (?-1946)

Mark

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

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Date Mintage G VG F VF XF AU UNC Frequency
1941  wing 0.6% Essai
1941  wing 10 000 000 $ 0.13 $ 0.21 $ 0.59 $ 0.59 $ 27 49% KM#894.1a
1944  wing $ 0.32 $ 1.10 $ 1.10 $ 8.20 29% KM#894.1a
1945  wing 0.9% Essai
1945  wing 26 224 000 $ 0.20 $ 0.29 $ 0.32 $ 0.91 $ 1.60 $ 1.60 $ 1.60 40% KM#894.1a
1945 B wing 6 356 819 $ 0.05 $ 0.32 $ 1.30 $ 2.90 $ 20 28% KM#894.2a
1945 C wing 2 968 613 $ 1.10 $ 1.60 $ 2.70 $ 5.90 23% KM#894.3a
1946  wing 0.6% Essai
1946  wing 24 604 644 $ 0.13 $ 0.13 $ 0.54 $ 1.10 $ 4.30 31% KM#894.1a
1946 B wing 29 344 000 $ 0.11 $ 0.52 $ 1.10 $ 5.40 $ 14 30% KM#894.2a
1947  wing 51 744 000 $ 0.43 $ 0.43 $ 0.54 $ 0.86 $ 1.10 49% KM#894.1a
1947 B wing 18 504 000 $ 1.10 $ 2.70 $ 3.20 $ 8.00 $ 8.00 22% KM#894.2a

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Past sales

Pictures Sale Date Version Grade Price
Picture 1 of a sold 50 Centimes (light type)
CGB
E-auction n°356
Lot 269595
Internet Archive
10 Feb 2020 1947 B – KM#894.2a UNC
(GENI MS65)
USD 73.92
(EUR 69.00)
Picture 1 of a sold 50 Centimes (light type)
Katz
Auction 79
Lot 376
Internet Archive
21 Mar 2023 Undetermined XF Unsold

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