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

€165,914.00
IssuerFrance
Year1941
TypePatterns
Value50 Centimes (0.50)
CurrencyFranc (1795-1959)
CompositionIron
Weight2.16 g
Dimensions18.02 mm
Thickness
Shape and TechniqueRound
Milled
OrientationCoin alignment ↑↓
Engraver(s)Pierre-Alexandre Morlon
In circulation to
Reference(s) GEM#87.3
Obverse descriptionDraped 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 scriptLatin
Obverse letteringREPVBLIQVE - FRANÇAISE
Reverse description50/ CENTS/ 1941 in two lines above the vintage framed by the different, all between two symmetrically opposed horns of plenty.
Reverse scriptLatin
Reverse letteringLIBERTE - EGALITE/ FRATERNITE 50/ CENTIMES/ 1941
EdgeSmooth
Mint
Mintage1941  - (fr) Sans le mot ESSAI, 3 exemplaires connus -
Catalog ID8112689340
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