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50 Cents Pattern

Issuer Monnaie de Paris
Year 1936
Type Coin pattern
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Obverse description Seated allegorical figure of the French Republic (Marianne) facing left, wearing a radiate crown and classical drapery, her right hand resting on a fasces and her left arm extended toward a sheaf of grain in the left field. The central round hole interrupts the composition. The legend REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE arcs around the periphery, divided left and right of the figure, with the date 1936 inscribed in the exergue below a straight groundline, and the engraver's name BARRE appearing at the base.
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Obverse lettering REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE 1936 BARRE
(Translation: French Republic)
Reverse description A laurel and oak wreath encircles the central round hole, tied at the base with a ribbon bow above crossed palm fronds. The colonial authority legend INDO-CHINE FRANÇAISE arcs along the upper periphery, while the fineness and weight specifications TITRE 0,900. POIDS 13 GR. 5 are inscribed along the lower periphery, providing the intended specifications for the projected silver issue rather than the copper pattern itself.
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