2 Francs
Obverse © nordboutik59 – Reverse © Jérémy Pureur
Features
| Issuer |
France
 |
|---|---|
| Period |
Provisional Government of the French Republic (1944-1946)
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| Type | Emergency coinage › Official necessity coins |
| Year | 1944 |
| Value | 2 Francs |
| Currency | Franc (1795-1959) |
| Composition | Brass (70% Copper, 30% Zinc) |
| Weight | 8.15 g |
| Diameter | 27 mm |
| Thickness | 1.9 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
| Demonetized | 1 September 1949 |
| Number | N# 1179 |
| References | Franc 2014# 271 Stéphane Desrousseaux, Michel Prieur, Laurent Schmitt; 2014. Le Franc: Les Monnaies (10th Edition). Les Chevau-Légers, Paris, France. Éditions Victor Gadoury (publisher). Monnaies françaises (Gadoury). Éditions Victor Gadoury, Monaco, Monaco (9 volumes). Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
Obverse
The country name within a wreath
Script: Latin
Lettering: FRANCE
Reverse
The denomination in large font above the date with the French motto around the rim
Script: Latin
Lettering:
LIBERTE-EGALITE-FRATERNITE
2FR
· 1944 ·
Translation:
Liberty, Equality, Brotherhood
2 Francs
1944
Edge
Plain
Mint
United States Mint of Philadelphia, United States (1792-date)Comments
Soldiers involved in the landing of Provence received these coins, which circulated in the south of France and Algeria. This unofficial coin was regulated by the Minister of Finance on June 25, 1945.
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| Date | Mintage | G | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||
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50 000 000 | $ 2.30 | $ 2.30 | $ 3.60 | $ 5.00 | $ 7.00 | $ 9.60 | $ 32 | F. 271/1 | |||||
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