| Issuer | France |
| Year | 1950-1954 |
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Value | 20 Francs |
| Currency | Franc (1795-1959) |
| Composition | Copper-aluminium (91% Copper, 9% Aluminium) |
| Weight | 4 g |
| Dimensions | 23.5 mm |
| Thickness | 1.66 mm |
| Shape and Technique | Round Milled |
| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
| Engraver(s) | Georges Guiraud |
| In circulation to | 30 June 1970 |
| Reference(s) | F#402, KM#917, Gad#865, Schön#222 |
| Obverse description | Portrait of Marianne facing left, designer, legend |
| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE
G GUIRAUD (Translation: French Republic) |
| Reverse description | Rooster facing right, laurel branch, value, year of production, pattern around edge. NOTE: If there is a B mintmark it is below date NOTE: To see which feathers you have to count, look at the six horizontal tail feathers of the rooster. If all six horizontal feathers are visible, there are three curved feathers before them - if they are not all visible, there are four curved feathers. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
| Reverse lettering | 20
FRANCS
1952
LIBERTE EGALITE FRATERNITE (Translation: Liberty Equality Brotherhood) |
| Edge | Smooth |
| Mint | Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date) B Beaumont-le-Roger, France |
| Mintage | 1950 - (fr) F. 402/1 - 4 plumes - Essai - 1 700 1950 - KM#917.1 (3 feathers) - 126 435 000 1950 - KM#917.1 (4 feathers) - 1950 B - KM#917.2 (3 feathers) - 43 355 000 1950 B - KM#917.2 (4 feathers) - 1951 - (fr) F. 402/6 - Essai - 2 1951 - KM#917.1 (4 feathers) - 97 922 000 1951 B - KM#917.2 (4 feathers) - 46 814 790 1952 - KM#917.1 (4 feathers) - 130 281 000 1952 B - KM#917.2 (4 feathers) - 54 381 160 1953 - KM#917.1 (4 feathers) - 60 158 000 1953 B - KM#917.2 (4 feathers) - 42 409 050 1954 B - KM#917.2 (4 feathers) - 1 573 000 |
| Catalog ID | 5484461850 |
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