50 centimes FRANCE (1941-1947)

in the coin centre personification of France - Marianne's head in Phrygian cap and a wreath facing left; along the left edge: REPVBLIQVE, along the right one: FRANÇAISE (REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE - French Republic)

in the coin centre in two lines face value: 50 / CENTIMES; below year of issue; along the left and right edge two cornucopias; along the top edge in two lines motto of France: LIBERTE - EGALITE / FRATERNITE (liberty, equality, fraternity)

plain

28 VI 1943

26 VI 1950

Pierre-Alexandre Morlon (signature MORLON behind Marianne's head in the obverse)

La Monnaie de Paris (The Paris Mint) (mint mark before year of issue in the reverse, after year of issue privy mark of mint's director Lucien Bazor - wing)

plant Paris (no letter between the bottoms of cornucopias in the reverse),

plant Beaumont-le-Roger (letter B between the bottoms of cornucopias in the reverse),

plant Castelsarrasin (letter C between the bottoms of cornucopias in the reverse)

	Paris	Beaumont-le-Roger	Castelsarrasin
1941	-	-
1944	9 898 000	-	-
1945	26 224 000	6 356 819	2 967 613
1946	24 604 644	29 344 000	-
1947	51 744 000	18 504 000	-

1945 - no letter (plant Paris) or letter B (plant Beaumont-le-Roger), or letter C (plant Castelsarrasin)

1946, 1947 - no letter (plant Paris) or letter B (plant Beaumont-le-Roger)

In 1946 2 840 644 coins were struck in Castelsarrasin plant, but without an appropriate mint mark of the plant - letter 'C'. It is therefore, impossible to distinguish these coins from the ones produced in the Paris plant.