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50 Centimes
Issuer | Guadeloupe |
Year | 1903-1921 |
Type | Standard circulation coin |
Value | 50 Centimes (0.50) |
Currency | Franc (1795-1960) |
Composition | Copper-nickel |
Weight | 3.6 g |
Dimensions | 22.3 mm |
Thickness | 1.2 mm |
Shape and Technique | Octodecagonal (18-sided) Milled |
Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
Engraver(s) | Henri-Auguste Patey |
In circulation to | |
Reference(s) | KM#45 |
Obverse description | Bust of an Arawak man with feathers on his headband, facing left, within circle and name of the designer A. Patey. |
Obverse script | Latin |
Obverse lettering | RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE
A . PATEY
GUADELOUPE ET DÉPENDANCES (Translation: French Republic, Guadeloupe and dependencies) |
Reverse description | Sugar cane stalk divides date and denomination |
Reverse script | Latin |
Reverse lettering | BON POUR 50 CMES
1921
CONTRE.VALEUR.DÉPOSÉE.AU.TRÉSOR. (Translation: Good for 50 Centimes) |
Edge | Smooth |
Mint | |
Mintage | 1903 - - 600 000 1921 - - 600 000
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Catalog ID | 8716491550 |
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