5 Francs Essai

Descrizione del dritto	Left-facing effigy of Marianne wearing a winged Phrygian cap, rendered in high relief. Four sailing ships appear in the background field, evoking maritime trade and colonial ties. The date 1948 is inscribed below the portrait, followed by the engraver's privy mark. The peripheral legend reads REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE UNION FRANÇAISE, with the engraver's signature L.BAZOR and the word ESSAI denoting trial strike status.
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Legenda del dritto	REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE UNION FRANÇAISE L.BAZOR GB ESSAI 1948 (Translation: FRENCH REPUBLIC FRENCH UNION)
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Informazioni aggiuntive	The 1948 essai issues from the Monnaie de Paris were struck as pattern pieces for evaluation, never approved for general circulation. France's postwar monetary situation was chaotic enough that multiple competing designs were submitted and tested that year, most of them quietly shelved. The KM#E3 designation places this among a small run of copper-nickel trials produced in strictly limited quantities — typically a few hundred pieces at most — distributed primarily to collectors and ministry officials rather than the public.