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France 20 cents 1945 - Provisional (Lindauer)

France · 1945 · 20 centimes
Uncommon
€4.21minimum price
6,003,000coins minted
N675 KM907 GADOURY324
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The coin's story

Coin divisional holed 20 cents in 1945 by the Provisional Government. Lindauer style: RF monogram frame a central hole, economic zinc strike during reconstruction.

    Obverse

    R F EM LINDAUER

    RF monogram with phrygian cap, surrounded by a crown around the hole.

    ELEngraved by Edmond-Émile Lindauer

    Reverse

    20 CMES 1945 LIBERTÉ·ÉGALITÉ·FRATERNITÉ

    “20 CMES” value and date “1945” around the hole, surrounded by the republican motto.

    ELEngraved by Edmond-Émile Lindauer

    Specifications

    • Denomination20 centimes
    • Year1945
    • Mintage6,003,000
    • MintMonnaie de Paris
    • MaterialZinc
    • ShapeRound
    • Diameter24 mm
    • Thickness1.6 mm
    • Weight3 g
    • EdgeNot specified
    • ScriptsLatin

    Actual size

    20 centimes 24 mm 2 € 25.75 mm 1 € 23.25 mm

    Actual size compared with the 2 € and 1 € coins. Thickness: 1.6 mm.

    Composition

    Zinc100 %

    Reference catalogues

    N675Numista KM907Krause (Standard Catalog of World Coins) GADOURY324Gadoury

    Same country, same period at the scale of real diameters

    10 centimes1943 · 17.3 mm 10 centimes1945 · 17 mm 50 centimes1941 · 18 mm 50 centimes1942 · 18 mm 10 francs1950 · 20 mm 10 centimes1941 · 21 mm 10 centimes1941 · 21 mm 1 franc1942 · 23 mm

    By the same engraver: Edmond-Émile Lindauer 7 coins

    1920France 5 cents 1920 - Lindauer large module 1920France 25 cents 1920 - Lindauer 1921France 10 cents 1921 - Lindauer 1931France 5 cents 1931 - Lindauer 1941France 10 cents 1941 - Lindauer 1945France 10 cents 1945 - French State (Lindauer) small module

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