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50 Centimes Vichy French State, heavy type
Issuer | France |
Year | 1942-1943 |
Type | Standard circulation
coins |
Value | 50 Centimes (0.50) |
Currency | Franc (1795-1959) |
Composition | Aluminium-magnesium (95% Aluminium, 5% Magnesium) |
Weight | 0.8 g |
Dimensions | 18 mm |
Thickness | 1.5 mm |
Shape and Technique | Round Milled |
Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
Engraver(s) | Lucien Georges Bazor |
In circulation to | 26 June 1950 |
Reference(s) | F#195, Gad#425, KM#914.1, Schön#212.1 |
Obverse description | An axe in between two ears of wheat and the issuer name at the bottom |
Obverse script | Latin |
Obverse lettering | ÉTAT FRANÇAIS
LB (Translation: French State LB) |
Reverse description | The denomination in the center with the date below and the French motto above |
Reverse script | Latin |
Reverse lettering | ·TRAVAIL·FAMILLE·
·PATRIE·
50
CENTIMES
1942 (Translation: Work Family Homeland 50 Centimes 1942) |
Edge | Smooth |
Mint | Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date) |
Mintage | 1942 - Approximately 130,000,000 strikes - 1942 - Cross on globules (Rajout Franc2019) - 180 000 1942 - Trial Strike - 300 1943 - (fr) F. 195/3 -
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Catalog ID | 4236823310 |
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