France 1945-B 20 centimes

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Jean Elsen sale 157, lot 1048

This specimen was lot 1048 in Jean Elsen sale 157 (Brussels, December 2023), where it sold for €130 (about US$168 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"FRANCE, Gouvernement provisoire (1944-1947), Zinc 20 centimes, 1945 B, Beaumont-le-Roger. Type Lindauer. Rare. Petit coup sur la tranche. Très Beau à Superbe. (provisional government of France, 1944-47, zinc twenty centimes, Beaumont-le-Roger mint, Lindauer type. Rare, small rim nick, Very Fine - Extremely Fine.)"

This type was struck immediately after liberation from Nazi occupation until the disbandment of the Provisional Government in 1946. This is the key date.

Recorded mintage: 99,955.

Specification: 3 g, zinc, 24 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: F.155/3, Gad-324, KM 907.2.

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.
  • [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 157, Collection J.-C. Martiny, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2023.

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