1/2 franc FRANCE (1965-2001)

in coin centre personification of France - figure of Marianne in Phrygian cap sowing cereal leftwards (La Semeuse), in the background the Sun hidden mostly below the horizon; along the left edge: REPUBLIQUE, along the right: FRANÇAISE (French Republic)

below coin centre an olive branch, lower year of issue; above in two lines face value: 1/2 / FRANC (half franc); along the bottom edge motto of France: LIBERTE • EGALITE • FRATERNITE (liberty, equality, fraternity)

reeded

8 VI 1965

18 II 2002

Atelier de gravure (group of designers of the Paris Mint) based on design of Louis Oscar Roty (signature O.ROTY on the bottom of the obverse)

La Monnaie de Paris (The Paris Mint), Paris (until 1972) or Pessac (from 1973) (mint mark on the left side of the face value in the reverse, on the right side of the face value privy mark of mint's director Raymond Joly - owl - in years 1965-1974, Emile Rousseau - dolphin - in years 1975-1994, Pierre Rodier - bee - in years 1994-2000 or Gérard Buquoy - horseshoe - in 2001)

1965	184 833 600	owl	+ 35 000 in annual boxed sets
1966	88 890 400	owl	+ 7 171 in annual boxed sets
1967	28 392 000	owl	+ 2 305 in annual boxed sets
1968	57 548 000	owl	+ 3 000 in annual boxed sets
1969	47 144 000	owl	+ 6 050 in annual boxed sets
1970	42 298 000	owl	+ 10 000 in annual boxed sets
1971	36 068 000	owl	+ 12 000 in annual boxed sets
1972	42 302 000	owl	+ 15 000 in annual boxed sets
1973	48 372 000	owl	+ 79 000 in annual boxed sets
1974	37 072 000	owl	+ 98 800 in annual boxed sets
1975	22 752 000	dolphin	+ 52 000 in annual boxed sets
1976	115 312 200	dolphin	+ 37 500 in annual boxed sets
1977	131 644 000	dolphin	+ 25 000 in annual boxed sets
1978	63 360 000	dolphin	+ 24 000 in annual boxed sets
1979	10 000	dolphin	+ 40 500 in annual boxed sets
1980	-	dolphin	+ 60 000 in annual boxed sets
1981	24 000	dolphin	+ 26 000 in annual boxed sets
1982	50 400	dolphin	+ 27 500 in annual boxed sets
1983	49 984 400	dolphin	+ 16 561 in annual boxed sets
1984	79 987 600	dolphin	+ 13 836 in annual boxed sets
1985	49 988 000	dolphin	+ 12 500 in annual boxed sets
1986	109 988 011	dolphin	+ 15 000 in annual boxed sets
1987	49 984 011	dolphin	+ 11 956 in annual boxed sets
1988	85 611	dolphin	+ 10 565 in annual boxed sets
1989	83 211	dolphin	+ 11 438 in annual boxed sets
1990	5 011	dolphin	+ 10 000 in annual boxed sets
1991	49 988 011	dolphin	+ 2 500 in annual boxed sets
1992	29 968 011	dolphin	+ 2 698 in annual boxed sets
1993	24 972 011	dolphin	+ 3 095 in annual boxed sets
1994	10 000 000	dolphin
1994	29 972 111	bee	+ 3 707 in annual boxed sets
1995	29 976 013	bee	+ 4 000 in annual boxed sets
1996	55 977 513	bee	+ 5 000 in annual boxed sets
1997	99 976 013	bee	+ 15 000 in annual boxed sets
1998	-	bee	+ 25 000 in annual boxed sets
1999	-	bee	+ 25 000 in annual boxed sets
2000	75 000 013	bee	+ 100 500 in annual boxed sets
2001	-	horseshoe	+ 125 000 in annual boxed sets

In years 1991, 1992 and 1993 there exist coins with reverses not rotated by 180° in respect to obverses (medal alignment in American terminology) - 2500, 2698 and 3095 pieces were produced in respective years and placed in annual boxed sets;

in annual boxed sets from years 1991-2001 instead of the designer's signature O.ROTY there is inscription: D'AP O.ROTY (D'APRÉS OSCAR ROTY - based on Oscar Roty)

1994 - coins with a privy mark of mint's director Emile Rousseau dolphin or with the privy mark of Pierre Rodier bee