50 centimes Marianne Essai-Piéfort bronze-aluminium

Issuer France
Year 1962
Type Coin pattern
Value 50 Centimes (0.50 FRF)
Currency New franc (1960-2001)
Composition Copper-aluminium-nickel
Weight 13.41 g
Diameter 25 mm
Thickness
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Engraver(s) Obverse: Henri Lagriffoul
Reverse: Adrien Dieudonné
In circulation to
Reference(s) F#197P, GEM#89.EP
Obverse description Dressed bust of the Republic with long hair on the left, hair and collar ribbons in the wind, wearing a Phrygian cap; in the field, in front of the neck in the left field LAGRIFFOUL.
Obverse script Latin
Obverse lettering REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE LAGRIFFOUL
Reverse description In two lines in the field, framed by the various, above 1962, all contained in a laurel branch and an ear of wheat; to the left of the laurel branch, against the scroll, A. DIEUDONNE.
Reverse script Latin
Reverse lettering LIBERTE - EGALITE / - FRATERNITE - / ESSAI. LIBERTE - EGALITE - FRATERNITE - ESSAI 50 CENTIMES 1962 A. DIEUDONNE En deux lignes dans le champ, encadré des différents, au-dessus de 1962, le tout contenu dans une branche de laurier et un épi de blé ; à gauche de la branche de laurier, contre le listel, A. DIEUDONNE..
Edge Plain
Mint Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and
Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date)
Mintage 1962 - (fr) GEM 89.EP - 104
Numisquare ID 6907817240
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