20 francs FRANCE (1950-1954)

in the coin centre personification of France - Marianne's head in a laurel wreath facing left; along the left edge: REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE (French Republic); ring of rectangles at the edge

above coin centre in two lines face value 20 / FRANCS; below year of issue; on the left a rooster - one of symbols of France; below a laurel branch; along the bottom edge motto of France: LIBERTE EGALITE FRATERNITE (liberty, equality, fraternity); ring of rectangles at the edge

plain

7 VII 1950

21 VIII 1969

Georges Guiraud (signature G.GUIRAUD in two lines along the right edge of 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 below year of issue in the reverse),

plant Beaumont-le-Roger (letter B below year of issue in the reverse)

	Paris	Beaumont-le-Roger
1950	< 126 435 000	< 43 355 000	together with the earlier type
1951	97 922 000	46 814 790
1952	130 281 000	54 381 160
1953	60 158 000	42 409 050
1954	-	???

1950, 1951, 1952, 1953 - no letter (plant Paris) or letter B (plant Beaumont-le-Roger)

1950, 1950B - three or four feathers in rooster's tail in the reverse

Rooster is a symbol of France (Gaul) since the Roman times. This symbol appeared probably during the Roman period based on a wordplay of Latin gallus, which meant both rooster and Celt from Gaul region.