20 francs Guiraud essai-piéfort G.Guiraud

Features

Issuer	France
Period	Fourth Republic (1946-1958)
Type	Patterns
Year	1952
Value	20 Francs
Currency	Franc (1795-1959)
Composition	Aluminium bronze
Weight	8.4 g
Diameter	23.5 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized	30 June 1970
Number	N# 450304
References	GEM# 211.EP1 Michel Taillard, Michel Arnaud; 2014. Essais Monétaires et Piéforts Français 1870-2001. Éditions Victor Gadoury, Monaco, Monaco.

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Series: Francs Guiraud

Obverse

Marianne's head on the left, wearing the Phrygian cap, crowned with an olive branch and adorned with a cockade.
The engraver's first name appears only with the initial G. Automatically translated

Script: Latin

Lettering:
REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE
G GUIRAUD

Engraver: Georges Guiraud

Reverse

Rooster standing right above an olive branch.
Face value. Automatically translated

Script: Latin

Lettering:
ESSAI
20
FRANCS
1952
LIBERTE EGALITE FRATERNITE

Engraver: Georges Guiraud

Edge

Plain

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			Mintage		VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC	References
Undetermined
1952			104								GEM# 211.EP1 Michel Taillard, Michel Arnaud; 2014. Essais Monétaires et Piéforts Français 1870-2001. Éditions Victor Gadoury, Monaco, Monaco.

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