France 1851-A centime

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This is a common date of a type struck 1848-51 at the Paris mint during the Second Republic of France. This type is a revival of a bronze centime struck under the First Republic An 6-An 8. The total mintage is nearly 25 million. Varieties exist with and without an accent on the E of REPUBLIQUE. The type was superseded in 1853 by the Napoleon III bare head centime (which weighed only 1 gram) and was demonetized in 1856.

Recorded mintage: 4,992,870^[1].

Specification: 2 g, bronze, 18 mm diameter, plain edge, design after Augustin Dupré (1748-1833)..

Catalog reference: F.101/7, KM 754.

Source:

• ^[1]Prieur, Michel, and Laurent Schmitt, Le Franc 10: Les Monnaies, Paris: Éditions les Chevau-légers, 2014.
• Gadoury, Victor, Monnaies Françaises, 1789-2019, 24me éd., Monaco: Éditions Victor Gadoury, 2019.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

Link to:

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