1 Franc aluminium, heavy type

Features

Issuer	France
Period	French State (1940-1944)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Year	1941
Value	1 Franc
Currency	Franc (1795-1959)
Composition	Aluminium
Weight	1.6 g
Diameter	23 mm
Thickness	1.70 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized	14 February 2002
Number	N# 18129
References	Franc 2014# 220 Stéphane Desrousseaux, Michel Prieur, Laurent Schmitt; 2014. Le Franc: Les Monnaies (10^th Edition). Les Chevau-Légers, Paris, France. , Gad 1789# 473 Éditions Victor Gadoury (publisher). Monnaies françaises (Gadoury). Éditions Victor Gadoury, Monaco, Monaco (9 volumes). , KM# 885a Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes).

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Obverse

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

Script: Latin

Lettering:
REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE
MORLON

Translation:
French Republic
Morlon

Engraver: Pierre-Alexandre Morlon

Reverse

A cornucopia on each side, lettering at the top, the value in middle with the date below. Privy mark to the right of the date.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
LIBERTE-EGALITE
FRATERNITE
1
FRANC
1941

Translation:
Liberty - Equality
Fraternity
1
Franc
1941

Engraver: Pierre-Alexandre Morlon

Edge

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

Mint

Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date)

Mark

Lucien Bazor, General coin engraver, Monnaie de Paris (1931-1958)

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Date	G	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC	References		Frequency
Undetermined
1941								Franc 2014# 220/1 Stéphane Desrousseaux, Michel Prieur, Laurent Schmitt; 2014. Le Franc: Les Monnaies (10^th Edition). Les Chevau-Légers, Paris, France.	Essai	1.0%
1941	$ 0.24	$ 0.44	$ 0.46	$ 0.52	$ 1.00	$ 3.50	$ 4.50	Franc 2014# 220/2 Stéphane Desrousseaux, Michel Prieur, Laurent Schmitt; 2014. Le Franc: Les Monnaies (10^th Edition). Les Chevau-Légers, Paris, France.		99%

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