France 1941 2 francs KM-886

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This specimen is a common date of a type struck at the Paris mint 1931-41 under the Third Republic of France. This date was also struck in aluminum by the provisional government after Liberation in 1944.

Recorded mintage: 16,683,717.

Specification: 8 g, aluminum-bronze, 27 mm diameter, designed by Pierre Alexandre Morlon (1878-1951).

Catalog reference: F.268/14, KM 886.

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:

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