France 1933 franc

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This specimen is a slightly better date of a type struck at the Paris mint 1931-41 under the French Third Republic (1870-1940) along with similar fifty centimes and two francs. This design was suspended by the Vichy regime in favor of the Francisque type. When the Morlon type was resumed in 1944, after the Liberation of France, it was struck in aluminum. The new franc which replaced it in 1960 with the inauguration of the Fifth Republic was worth one hundred of these francs. This type was demonetized in 1949.

Recorded mintage: 15,356,567.

Specification: 4 g, aluminum bronze, 23 mm diameter, after a design by Pierre Alexandre Morlon (1878-1951).

Catalog reference: F.219/4, KM 885.

Source:

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

Link to:

• 1932 franc
• 1933 10 centimes
• 1933 25 centimes
• 1933 50 centimes
• 1933 2 francs
• 1933 5 francs Bazor
• 1933 5 francs, Lavrillier
• 1933 10 francs
• 1933 20 francs
• 1933 100 francs
• 1934 franc
• Coins and currency dated 1933