Pré-série de 50 centimes Morlon en fer, sans le mot essai

Issuer France
Year 1941
Type Coin pattern
Value 50 Centimes (0.50)
Currency Franc (1795-1959)
Composition Iron
Weight 2.16 g
Diameter 18.02 mm
Thickness
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
Engraver(s) Pierre-Alexandre Morlon
In circulation to
Reference(s) GEM#87.3
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
Reverse description 50/ CENTS/ 1941 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 50/ CENTIMES/ 1941
Edge Smooth
Mint
Mintage 1941 - (fr) Sans le mot ESSAI, 3 exemplaires connus -
Numisquare ID 8112689340
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