Joseph Bazor's design was selected in 1933 to replace the aging Lindauer type, though the timing was unfortunate — France was deep into the Great Depression, and hoarding had already begun to pull silver from circulation. Nickel was the pragmatic answer. The type saw only a brief run before wartime disruptions and Vichy-era recoinage programs swept away much of the Third Republic's surviving small change.
Joseph Bazor's design was selected in 1933 to replace the aging Lindauer type, though the timing was unfortunate — France was deep into the Great Depression, and hoarding had already begun to pull silver from circulation. Nickel was the pragmatic answer. The type saw only a brief run before wartime disruptions and Vichy-era recoinage programs swept away much of the Third Republic's surviving small change.