ObversePatey's Marianne
RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE A · PATEY
- Design
- The left profile of Marianne wearing the Phrygian cap.
- Legend
- RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE (French Republic).
- Signature
- A·PATEY.
HPEngraved by Henri-Auguste-Jules Patey
France · 1904 · 25 centimesNickel 25 centimes by Patey, 2nd type (1904-1908)
This nickel 25 centimes coin is the second type designed by Henri-Auguste Patey. The first type, round, struck in 1903, was a failure: it was the first coin of this denomination since 1848, but it was too close to the franc in size. In 1904, the reverse was redesigned and the coin became a twenty-two-sided polygon. The new reverse shows a lictor's fasces crossed by an axe, set on an oak branch. Numista gives 16,000,000 pieces for 1904. The coin ceased to be legal tender on 28 June 1933.
Actual size compared with the 2 € and 1 € coins. Thickness: 1.9 mm.
25 centimes1903 · 24 mm
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