France 1938 10 centimes KM-889.1

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from the Mountain Groan Collection
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This specimen is from a series struck 1938-39 during the last years of the French Third Republic. It superseded a similar coin struck in copper-nickel 1917-38 (KM 866a). The weight was also reduced from 4 g to 3 g. Besides being thinner, this issue has dots on either side of the date. Production was suspended with the outbreak of World War Two and resumed in 1941 with the alloy changed to zinc (KM 895/KM 896/KM 897).

Recorded mintage: 24,150,817 plus 17,063,334 of the previous copper-nickel type (KM 866a).

Specification: 3 g, copper-nickel, 21.3 mm diameter, plain edge, designed by Emile Lindauer.

Catalog reference: F.139/2, KM 889.1.

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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