France 1919 10 centimes

from the Mountain Groan Collection

The specimen shown is a ten centimes of a type struck under the Third Republic of France 1917-38. All are Paris mint issues except for some struck 1922-24 at Poissy. There are 25 dates in the series but only the 1928 is even slightly scarce. Bronze ten centimes were not discontinued until 1921.

Recorded mintage: 33,488,706.

Specification: 4 g, copper-nickel, 21.3 mm diameter, plain edge, designed by Emile Lindauer.

Catalog reference: F.138/3, KM 866a.

Source:

• Gadoury, Victor, Monnaies Françaises, 1789-2019, 24me éd., Monaco: Éditions Victor Gadoury, 2019.
• Prieur, Michel, and Laurent Schmitt, Le Franc 10: Les Monnaies. Paris: Éditions les Chevau-légers, 2014.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

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