20 Centimes Piedfort

Reverse

The face value is surrounded with a wheat ear, an olive branch and the French motto: "LIBERTE - EGALITE - FRATERNITE"

Script: Latin

Lettering:
A.DIEUDONNE
LIBERTE·EGALITE
·FRATERNITE·
20
CENTIMES
1974

Translation: Liberty Equality Brotherhood

Engraver: Adrien Dieudonné

Edge

Plain

Comment

For orders of a complete series of a vintage, the Monnaie de Paris offered a sealed presentation box. These complete boxes are very rare.

All unsold boxes for vintages 1974 to 1985 were destroyed in 1986 by the Monnaie de Paris.

This is an automatic translation. The original text is:

Pour les commandes d'une série complète d'un millésime, la Monnaie de Paris proposait un coffret de présentation scellée. Ces coffrets complet sont très rares.

Tous les piéfort invendus des millésimes 1974 à 1985 ont été détruits en 1986 par la Monnaie de Paris.

Interesting fact

The Pattern 20 Centimes (Piedfort) coin was designed by French artist and engraver, Pierre-Charles Droz. Droz was a prominent figure in the field of numismatics and was known for his work on various French coins and medals. The coin's design features a stylized portrait of a young woman, representing the Republic of France, surrounded by a wreath of olive branches. The coin's reverse side features the denomination and the country's motto, "Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité" (Liberty, Equality, Fraternity).

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