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1 Franc
| Issuer | Monnaie de Paris |
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| Year | 1898-1920 |
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| Engraver(s) | Louis-Oscar Roty |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Mintage | 1898 - KM#844.1 (without mintmark) - 15,000,000 1898 - KM#844.1 Antique Silver, matte flan - 1899 - KM#844.1 (without mintmark) - 11,000,000 1900 - KM#844.1 (without mintmark) - 99,097 1900 - KM#844.1 Antique Silver, matte flan - 1901 - KM#844.1 (with mintmark) - 6,200,000 1902 - KM#844.1 (with mintmark) - 6,000,000 1903 - KM#844.1 (with mintmark) - 472,883 1904 - KM#844.1 (with mintmark) - 7,000,000 1905 - KM#844.1 (with mintmark) - 6,003,526 1906 - KM#844.1 (with mintmark) - 1,908,100 1907 - KM#844.1 (with mintmark) - 2,562,745 1908 - KM#844.1 (with mintmark) - 3,691,222 1909 - KM#844.1 (with mintmark) - 10,923,790 1910 - KM#844.1 (with mintmark) - 7,725,318 1911 - KM#844.1 (with mintmark) - 5,542,000 1912 - KM#844.1 (with mintmark) - 10,001,000 1913 - KM#844.1 (with mintmark) - 13,654,148 1914 - KM#844.1 (with mintmark) - 14,361,102 1914 C - KM#844.2 (with mintmark) - 43,421 1915 - KM#844.1 (with mintmark) - 47,955,158 1916 - KM#844.1 (with mintmark) - 92,029,179 1917 - KM#844.1 (with mintmark) - 57,153,034 1918 - KM#844.1 (with mintmark) - 50,112,330 1919 - KM#844.1 (with mintmark) - 46,111,525 1920 - KM#844.1 (with mintmark) - 19,321,795 |
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The Sower (Semeuse) franc series was introduced in 1898 using Oscar Roty's design, which had first appeared on a postal seal in 1895. Roty's original high-relief model required significant reduction for production, and early strikes through roughly 1901 show noticeably sharper field detail than later issues — a consequence of progressive die deterioration at the Monnaie de Paris as production demands increased with the series gaining official status.
The series ran through 1920, at which point postwar inflation and rising silver prices made the .835 fine composition economically untenable. France debased the franc coinage the following year.