2 francs FRANCE (1941-1959)

diameter:	weight:	thickness:	alloy:
27.0 mm	2.2 g	1.75 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: 2 / FRANCS; 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:

20 XII 1941

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 1941-1950 or Raymond Joly - owl - in years 1958-1959)

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)

mint marks

mintage:

	Paris	Beaumont-le-Roger	Castelsarrasin
1941	???	-	-	wing
1944	7 224 000	-	-	wing
1945	16 636 896	1 726 144	1 164 705	wing
1946	36 462 877	6 017 500	-	wing
1947	78 984 000	26 219 500	-	wing
1948	32 354 500	39 090 000	-	wing
1949	13 683 500	23 955 000	-	wing
1950	12 590 508	18 185 000	-	wing
1958	9 906 000	-	-	owl
1959	17 774 500	-	-	owl

varieties:

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

1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950 - no letter (plant Paris) or letter B (plant Beaumont-le-Roger)

mint marks:

interesting facts:

last update: 20 XI 2013

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