Préparation de la 10 francs Pétain (moyen module) 1939 front Préparation de la 10 francs Pétain (moyen module) 1939 back
Préparation de la 10 francs Pétain (moyen module) 1939 photo
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Préparation de la 10 francs Pétain moyen module

1939 year
Copper-nickel 6.97 g 24.87 mm
Description
Issuer
France
Period
Third Republic (1870-1940)
Type
Pattern
Year
1939
Value
10 Francs
Currency
Franc (1795-1959)
Composition
Copper-nickel
Weight
6.97 g
Diameter
24.87 mm
Shape
Round
Technique
Milled
Orientation
Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized
Yes
Updated
2024-10-04
References
Numista
N#167126
Rarity index
100%

Reverse

10 / FRANCS / 1929 / FREEDOM / EQUALITY / FRATERNITY // TEST in seven lines, between two vertical ears of wheat.Automatically translated

Script: Latin

Lettering: 10/ FRANCS / 1929 / LIBERTE / EGALITE / FRATERNITE // ESSAI

Edge

Reeded

Comment

From 1939 onwards, a huge number of trials were carried out to test different weights (from 4g to 15g, not counting the 3g aluminum version), different diameters (from 20 to 31mm), etc.... These non-Turin tests in cupro-nickel were intended, among other things, for the preparation of the 5, 10 or 20 Pétain francs, which were never actually issued (except, of course, for the 5 Francs 1941).

The right-hand side of this test was eventually used for Indochina coins; the reverse was that used for the 20 Francs Turin series from 1929 to 1939.

The assay is surrounded by numerous variants; the cards are all in the Numista catalog.
Some are in aluminum.
Others in cupro-nickel, with large, medium and small diameters, each with a different listel, wide or thin.
The test piece bears only one workshop mark, the cornucopia on the left.
This is sufficient to identify the workshop, since the cornucopia is the symbol of the director of the Paris mint.
Card numbers are assigned in the line comments, and photos are dedicated to them here.
Note: the large module has a heavyweight variety, fine listel.

1: The listel is thin, and the weights, diameters and photos are the same as those shown on this sheet.
Weight varies between 8 and 6.5g (GEM 174.16 to 174.19).

2: The listel is sufficiently wide for the difference to be noticeable, at such a weight that the diameter is no longer 25 mm but 26 mm, the weight varies from 8 to 6.5g (GEM 174.13 to 174.15).

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Interesting fact

This coin was designed by French sculptor and engraver, Auguste C. L. Pétain, who was also a prominent military leader during World War I. The coin features a portrait of Pétain on one side and the French national emblem on the other. It was minted in 1939, just a year before Pétain became the leader of the French State, a collaborationist regime established during World War II. Despite its historical significance, the coin was never widely circulated and remains a rare and valuable collector's item today.

Price

Date Mintage VG F VF XF AU UNC
1939  30 - - - - - -

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