100 francs FRANCE (1954-1958)

diameter:	weight:	thickness:	alloy:
26.0 mm	6.0 g	1.9 mm	Cu₇₅Ni₂₅

obverse:

in the coin centre personification of France - Marianne's head in a Phrygian cap with a flaming torch facing right; along the right edge in two lines: REPUBLIQUE / FRANÇAISE (French Republic)

reverse:

on the left side in two lines face value: 100 / FRANCS, below year of issue; on the right along the coin edge olive branches and cereal ears; along the top edge in two lines motto of France: LIBERTE • EGALITE / • FRATERNITE • (liberty, equality, fraternity)

edge:

reeded

issue date:

14 X 1953

withdrawal date:

26 XII 1966

designer:

Robert Cochet (initials RC behind Marianne's head in the obverse and signature R.COCHET along the bottom edge of the reverse)

mint:

La Monnaie de Paris (The Paris Mint) (mint mark before year of issue in the reverse, below the year of issue privy mark of mint's director Lucien Bazor - wing - in years 1954-1958 or Raymond Joly - owl - after year of issue 1958)

plant Paris (no letter among olive leaves in the reverse),

plant Beaumont-le-Roger (letter B among olive leaves in the reverse)

mint marks

mintage:

	Paris	Beaumont-le-Roger
1954	97 285 500	86 260 628	wing
1955	152 517 500	136 584 872	wing
1956	7 578 334	19 154 500	wing
1957	11 312 000	25 702 000	wing
1958	3 256 000	54 071 500	wing or owl

varieties:

1954-1958 - no letter (plant Paris) or letter B (plant Beaumont-le-Roger)

1955B - wide ribbon at Marianne's cap in the obverse or narrow ribbon

1958 - coins with the privy mark of Lucien Bazor's wing or with the Raymond Joly's owl

mint marks:

interesting facts:

last update: 20 XI 2013

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