| Issuer | France |
| Year | 1948 |
| Type | Patterns |
| Value | 50 Centimes (0.50) |
| Currency | Franc (1795-1959) |
| Composition | Copper-nickel |
| Weight | |
| Dimensions | 19 mm |
| Thickness | |
| Shape and Technique | Round Milled |
| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
| Engraver(s) | Pierre-Alexandre Morlon |
| In circulation to | |
| Reference(s) | Maz#2751 (1946), GEM#88.5 / 88.6 |
| Obverse description | Draped 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 | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | REPVBLIQVE FRANÇAISE
MORLON (Translation: French Republic) |
| Reverse description | LIBERTE - 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 | Latin |
| Reverse lettering | LIBERTE - EGALITE
FRATERNITE
ESSAI
50
CENTIMES
1948 (Translation: Freedom - Equality Fraternity Trial) |
| Edge | Smooth |
| Mint | Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date) |
| Mintage | 1948 - GEM 88.5 - heavy weight (4.5 g) - 1948 - GEM 88.6 - light weight (3.5 g) - 1948 - Intermediate weight (4.0 g) - |
| Catalog ID | 7503915360 |
| Comments |
