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1 Franc aluminium, light type A PART OF HISTORY RIGHT AGTER WWII WHAT A BEAUTY TAKE A LOOK.


Issuer France
Period Fourth Republic (1946-1958)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 1941-1959
Value 1 Franc
Currency Franc (1795-1959)
Composition Aluminium
Weight 1.3 g
Diameter 23 mm
Thickness 1.41 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized 14 February 2002

Obverse
Wreathed female head facing left, lettering around edge both sides, engraver's name behind head

Script: Latin

Lettering:
REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE
MORLON

Translation:
Republic of France
Morlon

Engraver: Pierre-Alexandre Morlon Read more on Wikipedia

Reverse
A cornucopia on each side, lettering at the top, the value in middle with the date below and the privy mark to the right of the date in between the gap between the two cornucopias

Script: Latin

Lettering:
LIBERTE-EGALITE
FRATERNITE
1
FRANC
1947

Translation:
Liberty Equality
Fraternity
1
Franc
1947

Engraver: Pierre-Alexandre Morlon Read more on Wikipedia

Edge
Smooth
The image shows both heavy KM#885a (bottom) and light KM#885a.1-3 (top) type

1 Franc (aluminium, light type) - obverse
Mints
Mintmark of Paris Paris, France (600-1973)
B Beaumont-le-Roger, France
C Castelsarrasin, France (?-1946)
Marks
wing Lucien Bazor, General coin engraver, Paris (1931-1958)
owl Raymond Joly, General coin engraver, Paris (1958-1974)
Comments
The strikes begin very soon after the liberation of Paris, with the available material. Thus the strikes dated 1941 and which weigh 1.30g are productions of September 1944 which one can easily distinguish from the original strikes because the sides are thinnerAutomatically translated