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2 frances, 1979 France

Currency:GBP Category:Coins & Paper Money / World Coins - Europe (A-G) Start Price:4.00 GBP Estimated At:40.00 - 60.00 GBP
2 frances, 1979 France
commonly distinguished as the French franc (FF), was a currency of France. Between 1360 and 1641, it was the name of coins worth 1 livre tournois and it remained in common parlance as a term for this amount of money

weight-7.6 grame size-26.5mm condition-extremely fine

Obverse
The Sower, designed by Oscar Roty in 1900: a national emblem of the French Republic

Lettering:
REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE
D'APRÈS O.ROTY

Engraver: Louis-Oscar Roty

Reverse
An olive branch and an oak branch, behind the facial value, are surrounded with the French motto: "LIBERTE - EGALITE - FRATERNITE" (liberty, equality, fraternity)

Lettering:
LIBERTE EGALITE FRATERNITE
2
FRANCS
1979

Engraver: Louis-Oscar Roty

Edge
Milled (widely spaced)