Paquebot France 1912

Features

Location	France
Issuing entity	Société Trésor du Patrimoine - Club Français de la Monnaie
Period	Fifth Republic (1958-date)
Type	Collection medallions
Composition	Copper-nickel
Weight	31.2 g
Diameter	40.5 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Number	N# 530584

Series: Les Grands Transatlantiques

Obverse

Compagnie Générale Transatlantique's transatlantic liner France entered service in 1912 and operated the Le Havre-New York route until 1932, with the exception of the First World War, when she was used as a troop transport and hospital ship in the Mediterranean.
Nicknamed the "Versailles of the seas". Automatically translated

Script: Latin

Lettering:
FRANCE
1912
C.GONDARD

Engraver: Claude Gondard

Reverse

View of an interior room and its staircase. Portrait of King Louis XIV. Automatically translated

Script: Latin

Lettering:
Cie
CGT
Gle
TRANSATLANTIQUE
C.GONDARD

Unabridged legend: Compagnie générale transatlantique

Engraver: Claude Gondard

Edge

Plain

Mints

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

Comments

Variant of the double cornucopia from the Monnaie de Paris suite retirage:

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND												(fr) Corne d'abondance seule
ND												(fr) Double corne d'abondance - retirage

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