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fmd_129505 - 2 francs Morlon, aluminium 1945 F.269/5

2 francs Morlon, aluminium 1945 F.269/5 XF45
XF45
6.00 €(Approx. 6.78$ | 5.40£)
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Type : 2 francs Morlon, aluminium
Date: 1945
Quantity minted : 16.636.896
Metal : aluminium
Diameter : 27 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,2 g.
Edge : lisse
Catalogue references :
F.269/5

Obverse

Obverse legend : REPVBLIQVE FRANÇAISE.
Obverse description : buste drapé de la République aux cheveux courts à gauche, coiffée d'un bonnet phrygien orné d'une cocarde tricolore (centre guilloché, cercle lisse, cercle guilloché), sous une couronne composite de blé, chêne et olivier nouée par un ruban ; sous le ruban MORLON.

Reverse

Reverse legend : LIBERTE - EGALITE / FRATERNITE.
Reverse description : 2 / FRANCS, en deux lignes au-dessus du millésime encadré des différents, le tout entre deux cornes d'abondance symétriquement opposées.

Historical background

PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC

(26/08/1944-16/01/1947)

The Provisional Government of the French Republic (GPRF) is the name given to the French Committee of National Liberation (CFLN) headed by General de Gaulle in June 1944 and in anticipation of the Allied landings. Recognized by the United States, gradually, the Provisional Government of the French Republic, whose authority extended to the liberated areas. The government moved to Paris 31 August 1944 and revised in September to allow entry of people from the inner resistance. This government remains in office until January 16, 1947, the date of the election of Vincent Auriol as President of the Fourth Republic. At its head follow one another General de Gaulle, Félix Gouin, Georges Bidault and Blum.

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