France 1855-D centime

from the Mountain Groan Collection

The regime of Napoleon III finally carried out plans developed during the 1840's to melt down and remint all the old copper circulating in France, some of it dating back to before the Revolution of 1789. Several branch mints were reopened for this purpose. The existing mints were Paris ("A"), Strasbourg ("BB") and Bordeaux ("K"); the reopened mints were Lille ("W"), Marseilles ("MA"), Rouen ("B") and Lyon ("D"). The one centime is the second rarest of the bronze denominations of Napoleon III, tho none are rare. Two privy marks exist for this date, a dog's head and an anchor (shown here), of roughly equal abundance.

Specification: bronze, 1 g, 15 mm diameter, plain edge, designed by Jean-Jacques Barré (1793-1855).

Recorded Mintage: 2,465,765^[1], a better date.

Catalog reference: F.102/19, Gad-86; KM 775.4.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• Gadoury, Victor, Monnaies Françaises, 1789-2019, 24me éd., Monaco: Éditions Victor Gadoury, 2019.
• ^[1]Prieur, Michel, and Laurent Schmitt, Le Franc 10: Les Monnaies, Paris: Éditions les Chevau-légers, 2014.

Links to:

• 1854-A centime
• 1855-A 2 centimes
• 1855-BB 2 centimes
• 1855-D 2 centimes
• 1855-A 5 centimes
• 1855-D 5 centimes
• 1855-MA 5 centimes
• 1855-W 5 centimes
• 1855-A 10 centimes
• 1855-BB 10 centimes
• 1855-MA 10 centimes
• 1855-A 20 centimes
• 1855-A 50 centimes
• 1855-A franc
• 1855-A silver 5 francs
• 1855-A gold 5 francs, 14.4 mm diameter
• 1855-A gold 5 francs, 16.7 mm diameter
• 1855-BB 5 francs
• 1855-A 10 francs
• 1855-BB 10 francs d'or
• 1855-A 20 francs d'or
• 1855-BB 20 francs d'or
• 1855-D 20 francs d'or
• 1855-A 50 francs d'or
• 1855-BB 50 francs d'or
• 1855-A 100 francs d'or
• 1855-BB 100 francs d'or
• 1856-BB centime
• 1856-K centime
• 1856-W centime* Coins and currency dated 1855