5 Francs Pétain
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Features
| Issuer |
France
 |
|---|---|
| Period |
French State (1940-1944)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Year | 1941 |
| Value | 5 Francs |
| Currency | Franc (1795-1959) |
| Composition | Copper-nickel |
| Weight | 4 g |
| Diameter | 22 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
| Issued | Never issued |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 1191 |
| References | Franc 2014# 338 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
Bust dressed on the left of Philippe Pétain signed L. BAZOR on the edge of the neck.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
PHILIPPE PETAIN MARECHAL DE FRANCE
+ CHEF DE L'ETAT +
L. BAZOR
Engraver: Lucien Georges Bazor
Reverse
5 - F. accosting a marshal's baton tied by a lace with two francisques; the marshal's baton is decorated with a semis of stars with five points, bearing at the top S. PACIS and in bottom PETAIN: below 1941 framed of the various.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
TRAVAIL FAMILLE
5 F.
PATRIE
Engraver: Lucien Georges Bazor
Edge
Reeded
Mint
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Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date) |
Mark
 |
Lucien Bazor, General coin engraver, Monnaie de Paris (1931-1958) |
Comments
From the original planned mintage of 200,000,000; only 13,782,000 pieces were minted as the German occupational authorities wanted to reserve the nickel used by Monnaie de Paris for the war efforts and as such the coin was not needed considering the banknotes of the same value was already in circulation. The coins were stockpiled in the storehouse of Monnaie de Paris located in Castellsarrasin for three years without never being released for circulation. The whole mintage was moved to Germany to be melted down in order to reuse the nickel but the boat transporting the coins on the Sambre River in Belgium was sunk by an Allied bombardment. It is reported that only 50,000 pieces were saved from the river.
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| Date | Mintage | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | Frequency | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| 1941 | |
13 782 000 | $ 280 | $ 370 | $ 370 | (fr) F. 338/2 | 95% | ||||||||
| 1941 | |
Essai | 6% | ||||||||||||
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Numista Rarity index: 41
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Past sales
| Pictures | Sale | Date | Version | Grade | Sold price | |
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Katz Auction 136 Lot 1313 
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28 Aug 2024 | Undetermined | AU |
USD 283.75
(EUR 246.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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Katz Auction 120 Lot 1811
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13 Apr 2024 | Undetermined | F |
USD 374.87
(EUR 325.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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Katz Auction 112 Lot 585
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10 Feb 2024 | Undetermined | F |
USD 359.88
(EUR 312.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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Katz Auction 92 Lot 616
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15 Aug 2023 | Undetermined | F |
USD 341.42
(EUR 296.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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Katz Auction 80 Lot 317
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5 Apr 2023 | Undetermined |
USD 318.35
(EUR 276.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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