France 1920 5 centimes KM-842

from the Mountain Groan Collection

The specimen shown is a five centimes of a type struck under the Third Republic of France 1898-1921. All are Paris mint issues altho some of the 1916's were struck on planchets made in Madrid; these are marked with a star. Altho superseded by a copper-nickel type in 1917, bronze five centimes were not discontinued until 1921.

Recorded mintage: 8,010,587, plus 51,321,082 of the copper-nickel type.

Specification: 5 g, bronze, 25 mm diameter, plain edge, designed by Daniel-Dupuis.

Catalog reference: KM 842, F.119/31.

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.

Link to:

• 1919 copper-nickel 5 centimes
• 1920 centime
• 1920 copper-nickel 5 centimes, large diameter
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• 1920 25 centimes
• 1920 50 centimes
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• 1920 aluminum bronze franc
• 1920 silver 2 francs
• 1921 bronze 5 centimes
• 1921 copper-nickel 5 centimes
• Coins and currency dated 1920