50 francs FRANCE (1950-1958)

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 50 / 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

27 XII 1966

Georges Guiraud (signature G.GUIRAUD 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	600 000	???
1951	68 629 600	11 829 121
1952	74 211 600	13 432 229
1953	63 171 600	23 375 768
1954	1 083 200	6 567 282
1958	500 738	-

1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954 - no letter (plant Paris) or letter B (plant Beaumont-le-Roger)

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.