| Issuer | France |
| Year | 1941-1959 |
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Value | 1 Franc |
| Currency | Franc (1795-1959) |
| Composition | Aluminium |
| Weight | 1.3 g |
| Dimensions | 23 mm |
| Thickness | 1.41 mm |
| Shape and Technique | Round Milled |
| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
| Engraver(s) | Pierre-Alexandre Morlon |
| In circulation to | 14 February 2002 |
| Reference(s) | F#221, Gad#473, KM#885a.1-3, Schön#200a |
| Obverse description | Wreathed female head facing left, lettering around edge both sides, engraver`s name behind head |
| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE
MORLON (Translation: Republic of France Morlon) |
| Reverse description | A cornucopia on each side, lettering at the top, the value in middle with the date below and the privy mark to the right of the date in between the gap between the two cornucopias |
| Reverse script | Latin |
| Reverse lettering | LIBERTE-EGALITE
FRATERNITE
1
FRANC
1947 (Translation: Liberty Equality Fraternity 1 Franc 1947) |
| Edge | Smooth |
| Mint | Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date) B Beaumont-le-Roger, France C Castelsarrasin, France(?-1946) |
| Mintage | 1941 - KM#885a.1; cornucopia; wing mark, about 43,000,000 strikes - 1941 - Trial Strike - 1944 - KM#885a.1; cornucopia; wing mark, mintage included with 1941 - 1944 C - KM#885a.3, mintage included with 1941 - 1945 - KM#885a.1; cornucopia; wing mark - 61 780 000 1945 - Trial Strike - 100 1945 B - KM#885a.2 - 4 250 866 1945 C - KM#885a.3 - 5 219 806 1946 - KM#885a.1; cornucopia; wing mark - 62 385 157 1946 B - KM#885a.2 - 26 493 000 1947 - KM#885a.1; cornucopia; wing mark - 110 448 000 1947 B - KM#885a.2 - 51 562 000 1948 - KM#885a.1; cornucopia; wing mark - 96 092 000 1948 B - KM#885a.2 - 45 481 000 1949 - KM#885a.1; cornucopia; wing mark - 41 090 000 1949 B - KM#885a.2 - 35 840 000 1950 - KM#885a.1; cornucopia; wing mark - 27 882 286 1950 B - KM#885a.2 - 18 800 000 1957 - KM#885a.1; cornucopia; wing mark - 16 497 000 1957 B - KM#885a.2 - 63 976 000 1958 - KM#885a.1; cornucopia; wing mark - 21 197 000 1958 B - KM#885a.2 - 13 412 000 1959 - KM#885a.1; cornucopia; owl mark, struck under the fifth Republic - 41 985 000 |
| Catalog ID | 7613963850 |
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