France 1938 25 centimes

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This specimen is a common date of a series struck 1938-40 during the waning years of the French Third Republic. It superseded a similar coin struck in copper-nickel 1917-37. The addition of zinc made the coin cheaper to strike. This design was also used for similar five and ten centime pieces; the central hole kept it from being confused with higher denominations with similar diameters. This coin is very common in circulated condition but hard to find choice.

Recorded mintage: 5,170,366^[1].

Specification: 4 g, "maillechort" (67 Cu-15 Ni-18 Zn), 24 mm diameter, plain edge, designed by E. E. Lindauer (1869-1942).

Catalog reference: F.172/3, KM 867b.

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.
• ^[1]Prieur, Michel, and Laurent Schmitt, Le Franc 10: Les Monnaies, Paris: Éditions les Chevau-légers, 2014.

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