50 centimes Essai Piéfort de Morlon

€1.00
IssuerFrance
Year1931
TypeCoin pattern
Value50 Centimes (0.50)
CurrencyFranc (1795-1959)
CompositionCopper-aluminium
Weight3.21 g
Dimensions18 mm
Thickness
Shape and TechniqueRound
Milled
OrientationVariable alignment ↺
Engraver(s)
In circulation to
Reference(s) Franc 2014#192/1P , Maz#2590 , Gad 1789#423 P , GEM#84.EP
Obverse descriptionDraped bust of the Republic with short hair on the left, wearing a Phrygian cap adorned with a tricolor cockade (guilloche center, smooth circle, guilloche circle), under a composite wreath of wheat, oak and olive tree tied by a ribbon; under the ribbon MORLON.
Obverse script
Obverse letteringREPVBLIQVE FRANÇAISE MORLON
Reverse descriptionLIBERTE - EGALITE / FRATERNITE / ESSAI/ 50 / CENTIMES / 1948 in two lines above the vintage framed by the different, all between two symmetrically opposed horns of plenty.
Reverse script
Reverse letteringLIBERTE - EGALITE FRATERNITE ESSAI 50 CENTIMES 1948
EdgePlain
MintMonnaie de Paris, Paris (and
Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date)
Mintage1931  - -
Catalog ID6813577160
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