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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>[[Image:France 1947 50 c obv JElsen 122-1049.jpg|300px|thumb|Jean Elsen sale 122, lot 1049]]<br />
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This specimen was lot 1049 in Jean Elsen sale 122 (Brussels, September 2014), where it sold for €80 (about US$123 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[2]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''FRANCE, Gouvernement provisoire (1944-1947), 50 centimes, 1947, Morlon. Bronze-aluminium. Rare. Petites taches. Très Beau à Superbe.'' ([[France]], provisional government (1944-47), fifty centimes of 1947, Morlon type, aluminum bronze, rare, small stains, very fine to extremely fine.)"</blockquote> This specimen is a scarce date of a type struck at the Paris mint 1944-47 under the provisional Free French government along with similar one and two francs. When the Morlon type was resumed in 1944, after the Liberation, it was struck in [[France 1945 franc|aluminum]]. This particular coin was issued for Algeria and French West Africa, hence rare in France. The [[France 1966 1/2 franc|half franc]] which replaced it in 1965 with the inauguration of the Fifth Republic was worth one hundred of these coins. This type was demonetized in 1950.<br />
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''Recorded mintage:'' 2,170,000.<br />
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''Specification:'' 2 g, aluminum bronze, 18 mm diameter, designed by Pierre-Alexandre Morlon (1878-1951).<br />
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''Catalog reference:'' Gad-423b, F.192/19.<br />
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''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''<br />
* Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.<br />
* <sup>[1]</sup>Prieur, Michel, and Laurent Schmitt, ''Le Franc 10: Les Monnaies,'' Paris: Éditions les Chevau-légers, 2014.<br />
* <sup>[2]</sup>Philippe Elsen et al., ''Vente Publique 122: Collection de monnaies chinoises,'' Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils, S. A., 2014. <br />
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''Link to:''<br />
* [[France 1945-B 50 centimes|1945-B 50 centimes]]<br />
* [[France 1945 10 centimes|1945 10 centimes]]<br />
* [[France 1945 franc|1945 franc]]<br />
* [[France 1947-B 50 centimes|1947-B 50 centimes, aluminum]]<br />
* [[France 1947 franc|1947 franc]]<br />
* [[France 1947 2 francs|1947 2 francs]]<br />
* [[France 1947 5 francs KM-888a.2|1947 5 francs, aluminum bronze]]<br />
* [[France 1947 5 francs KM-888b.1|1947 5 francs, aluminum]]<br />
* [[France 1947 10 francs|1947 10 francs]]<br />
* [[France 1966 1/2 franc|1966 ½ franc]]<br />
* [[Coins and currency dated 1947]]<br />
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