Essai de ½ franc, Banque du Peuple
Features
| Issuer |
France
 |
|---|---|
| Period |
Second Republic (1848-1852)
|
| Type | Patterns |
| Year | 1848 |
| Value | ½ Franc |
| Currency | Franc (1795-1959) |
| Composition | Brass |
| Weight | 2.71 g |
| Diameter | 18.5 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 169766 |
| References | VG# 3216 var. Victor Guilloteau. Monnaies françaises (Guilloteau). Paris, France (2 volumes). Jean Mazard. Histoire monétaire et numismatique contemporaine 1790-1967. Émile Bourgey, Monnaies et Medailles, Paris, France (2 volumes). |
Obverse
ASSOCIATION FRATERNELLE DES MÉNAGES / BANQUE DU PEUPLE / 1848. under a radiating level and cap, hands joined; circular legend.
Script: Latin
Lettering: ASSOCIATION FRATERNELLE DES MÉNAGES / BANQUE DU PEUPLE / 1848
Reverse
Circular legend in five lines.
Script: Latin
Lettering: LIBERTÉ ÉGALITÉ FRATERNITÉ / 1/2 FC L'AN 56 DE LA REPUBLIQUE // MONNAIE DE CONVENTON // CUIVRE.
Edge
Plain
Comments
There is also an essay in bronze.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| 1848 | (fr) (en) Essai, laiton | ||||||||||||||
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