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50 Centimes - Napoleon III
| Issuer | Monnaie de Paris |
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| Year | 1864-1869 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Laureate bust of Napoleon III facing left, wearing a laurel wreath over finely detailed hair, with a short beard and imperial moustache. The truncation of the neck is bare, with the engraver's signature BARRE inscribed along the lower rim. The circular legend reads NAPOLEON III EMPEREUR, separated at the left by a small five-pointed star. The entire design is enclosed within a fine beaded border. |
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| Obverse lettering | * NAPOLEON III EMPEREUR BARRE (Translation: * NAPOLEON III EMPEROR BARRE) |
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| Mintage | 1864 A - KM# 814.1 - 7,597,756 1864 BB - KM# 814.2 - 4,625,849 1864 E - Essai - 1864 K - KM# 814.3 - 1,827,936 1865 A - Different bee halfway between the goatee and the point of the neck - 1865 A - KM# 814.1 - 7,397,612 1865 BB - KM# 814.2 - 5,174,945 1865 K - KM# 814.3 - 4,900,892 1866 A - KM# 814.1 - 5,921,157 1866 BB - KM# 814.2 - 5,255,966 1866 K - KM# 814.3 - 3,500,433 1867 A - Different bee halfway between the goatee and the point of the neck - 1867 A - KM# 814.1 - 14,528,438 1867 BB - Different trefoil cross midway between the goatee and the point of the neck - 1867 BB - KM# 814.2 - 1867 BB - Small BB mintmark - 1867 K - Different pick and hammer halfway between the goatee and the point of the neck - 1867 K - KM# 814.3 - 4,691,729 1868 A - KM# 814.1 - 2,788,512 1868 BB - Different trefoil cross midway between the goatee and the point of the neck - 1868 BB - KM# 814.2 - 1869 BB - KM# 814.2 - 1,800,000 |
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