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2 Centimes - Louis Philippe I pattern of Barre
| Issuer | France |
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| Year | 1842-1847 |
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| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
| Reverse lettering | 2 CENTIMES 1842 |
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These pieces were never adopted for circulation — Louis Philippe's government ultimately retained the existing centime coinage rather than push through a redesign. Barre had been appointed chief engraver at the Paris Mint in 1843, and these patterns likely date from his earliest efforts to establish a new portrait type for the smaller denominations. The scattered date range and multiple catalog references across Mazard and Gadoury reflect genuine variation in die workmanship across the trial strikings rather than a single unified issue.