France 1944-C franc Francisque

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This specimen is a slightly scarce date of a type struck at the Castelsarrasin mint 1944 only under the French collaborationist Vichy régime. This temporary branch mint operated 1943-46. 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 not demonetized until 2002 but probably ceased to circulate after the reform of 1959.

Recorded mintage: 74,859,005 (including the Morlon type).

Specification: 1.3 g, aluminum, 23 mm diameter, after a design by Lucien Bazor (1889-1974).

Catalog reference: F.223/7, KM 902.2.

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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• 1943 franc
• 1944 10 centimes
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• 1944-B 50 centimes Vichy
• 1944 franc Morlon
• 1944 2 francs, aluminum, Morlon head
• 1944-B 2 francs, aluminum, Vichy
• 1944 aluminum bronze 2 francs
• 1945 franc
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