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5 francs Lavrillier Epreuve en cupro-Nickel 1946
| Issuer | Monnaie de Paris |
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| Year | 1946 |
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| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE A. LAVRILLIER |
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The Lavrillier 5 francs design had already been issued in aluminum by 1945, but the Paris Mint produced copper-nickel trial strikes — épreuves — in 1946 to evaluate alternative compositions as France sorted out its postwar industrial supply chains. Aluminum had been adopted partly out of wartime necessity, and these cupro-nickel pieces document the Mint's brief reconsideration of a denser, more durable alloy. The aluminum version ultimately prevailed in circulation. GEM 145.3 distinguishes this épreuve from the regular aluminum issue precisely because the composition never advanced beyond trial production.