1946 B French Aluminium 50 Centimes

Obverse
1946 B French Aluminium 50 Centimes (Obverse)

Reverse
1946 B French Aluminium 50 Centimes (Reverse)

Type Details
Country:  France 
Period:  Modern Republic 
Face value:  50 Cents 
Dates:  From 1941 to 1947 
Purpose:  Circulation 
 
Obverse:  Laureate head facing left 
Legend:  REPVBLIQUE FRANÇAISE 
 
Reverse:  Denomination above date, cornucopias flank 
Legend:  LIBERTE·EGALITE FRATERNITE 50 CENTIMES 
 
Edge:  Smooth 
 
Designer(s) / Engraver(s): 
  Pierre-Alexandre Morlon 
 
Catalogue:  KM# 894a 

Currency
Unit:  French Franc 
System:  Decimal 
 
Fractions:  100 Centimes = 1 Franc
 
Mint Marks: 
A, (a) - Monnaie de Paris, Paris, France
B - Rouen, France
B – Beaumont-le-Roger, France (1943-1958)
B, (b) – La Monnaie Royale, Brussels, Belgium (B inside circle)
BB - Strasbourg, France
C - Castelsarrasin, France
CL - Genoa, Italy
D - Lyon, France
G - Geneve, Switzerland
H - La Rochelle, France
I - Limoges, France
K - Bordeaux, France
L - Bayonne, France
M - Toulouse, France
MA - Marseille, France (MA monogram)
Q - Perpignan, France
R - London, England
(R) - Rome, Italy (crowned R)
(s) - Real Casa de la Moneda, Madrid, Spain (star)
T - Nantes, France
(tb) - Poissy, France (Thunderbolt)
U - Turin, Italy
W - Lille, France

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Issue
Year: 
1946 B 
Mint:  Beaumont-le-Roger 
Mintage:  29,344,000 
Scarcity: 
 
Valuation: 
Notes:  KM# 894.2a minted in Beaumont-le-Roger (France). 

Specifications
Total Weight:  0.7500g (0.02 Oz)  
Composition:  Aluminium 
Alignment: 
Coin 
Diameter:  18.00mm 
Thickness:  1.19mm 

Description

Varieties:

  • KM# 894.1a (1941-1947) minted in Paris (France).
    • Thick and thin planchets varieties exist.
  • KM# 894.2a (1944-1947) minted in Beaumont-le-Roger (France).
  • KM# 894.3a (1945) minted in Castelsarrasin (France).

Value Range
Year Mintage G F VF EF AU UNC BU PF
1946 B 29,344,000 $0.50 $1.00 $2.00 $4.00 $7.00
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