1 franc FRANCE (1941-1959)
| diameter: | weight: | thickness: | alloy: |
| 23.0 mm | 1.3 g | 1.5 mm | Al |
obverse:
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)
reverse:
in the coin centre in two lines face value: 1 / FRANC; 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)
edge:
plain
issue date:
28 VI 1943
withdrawal date:
18 II 2002
designer:
Pierre-Alexandre Morlon (signature MORLON behind Marianne's head in the obverse)
mint:
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 - in years 1941-1958 or Raymond Joly - owl - in 1959)
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)
mintage:
| Paris | Beaumont-le-Roger | Castelsarrasin | ||
| 1941 | 60 877 000 | - | - | wing |
| 1944 | 22 608 000 | - | 33 600 000 | wing |
| 1945 | 61 780 000 | 4 250 866 | 5 219 806 | wing |
| 1946 | 62 385 157 | 26 493 000 | - | wing |
| 1947 | 110 448 000 | 51 562 000 | - | wing |
| 1948 | 96 092 000 | 45 481 000 | - | wing |
| 1949 | 41 090 000 | 35 840 000 | - | wing |
| 1950 | 27 882 286 | 18 800 000 | - | wing |
| 1957 | 16 497 000 | 63 976 000 | - | wing |
| 1958 | 21 197 000 | 13 412 000 | - | wing |
| 1959 | 41 985 000 | - | - | owl |
varieties:
1944 - no letter (plant Paris) or letter C (plant Castelsarrasin);
1945 - no letter (plant Paris), or letter B (plant Beaumont-le-Roger), or letter C (plant Castelsarrasin);
1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1957, 1958 - no letter (plant Paris) or letter B (plant Beaumont-le-Roger)
1945 - no letter (plant Paris), or letter B (plant Beaumont-le-Roger), or letter C (plant Castelsarrasin);
1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1957, 1958 - no letter (plant Paris) or letter B (plant Beaumont-le-Roger)
mint marks:
interesting facts:
last update: 20 XI 2013
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