Pricing Help on French 1 FRANC and 50 Centimes

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• sumnom Posts: 5,963 ✭✭✭

  February 16, 2005 11:35PM

  how can you tell the difference between the 1947 894.1 and 1947 894.1a?
  
  As for the one franc, my Krause says the same as yours. This is interesting!

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• oldshep Posts: 3,240 ✭

  February 16, 2005 11:37PM

  In Krause, some of the mintage numbers are written in the European style using a period rather than a comma in the number which, I have been told, indicates the number is in the millions instead of thousands. The 1943 1 Franc is common.
  Shep

  

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• sumnom Posts: 5,963 ✭✭✭

  February 16, 2005 11:39PM

  But what about the price?

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• sumnom Posts: 5,963 ✭✭✭

  February 16, 2005 11:42PM

  My Krause says "4,400" with a comma, not a period.
  
  We are talking about 885a.1, not 902.1, right?

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• lreneadler Posts: 30

  February 17, 2005 12:24AM

  Take a GOOD look a this link:
  
  Link

  

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• tbirde56 Posts: 2,161

  February 17, 2005 12:54AM

  The thing is that there are two types of Francs for 1943, the scarce one with the head design and the common one with the axe design.
  
  The 50c KM-894.1 is aluminum bronze while the KM-894.1a is aluminum.

  Brad Swain
  
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• sumnom Posts: 5,963 ✭✭✭

  February 17, 2005 2:16PM

  ttt

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• Philip Posts: 847

  February 17, 2005 5:04PM

  
  
  << <i>Okay gang all I have is a 2004 Krause and I just hit a question.
  
  I have several (7) KM 894.1 1947 50 centimes in vf-bu condition. Is the price listed even close to real?
  
  I am putting together my auctions for FleaBay next week (if all goes well) and was setting up a WWII
  war years grouping in KM# 885a.1 French 1 FRANC. These are all aluminum pieces and are quite common or so I thought. What is up with the 1943's? Krause lists a mintage of only 4,400 pcs is that right? And the pricing?
  I have about thirty pcs of the 1943's going from VF to BU - please tell me the pricing is wrong... Krause lists them starting at $1,200 F, up to $4,000 in Unc. I would appreciate it if Anyone who can shed some light on this. I really can't believe the coin fairy just boinked me when I wasn't looking.
  
  Thanks
  
  Douglas >>
  
  
  
  The 50 Centimes were struck in aluminum-bronze before WWII and in aluminum during the war. The only exception to this is the 1947 date, which comes in both versions. The expensive one is the aluminum-bronze, KM894.1 whereas the common one is the aluminum, KM894.1a and it starts at $0.15 in Fine.
  
  As far as the 1 Franc goes, the aluminum-bronze type of the 1930s was struck in aluminum during the war and indeed the 1943 date without mintmark (KM885a.1) is rare with 4 400 pcs struck. However, the Vichy government struck aluminum 1 Franc coins with an axe and those are listed under KM902. There the 1943 date is quite common and starts at $0.10 (both thick and thin flan )
  
  I think this goes to show that the new Krause format sucks.
  
  HTH.

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• sumnom Posts: 5,963 ✭✭✭

  February 17, 2005 5:47PM

  Any news PuddlePirate? What do you have?

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• PuddlePirate Posts: 728 ✭

  February 18, 2005 1:31PM

  I Think the word "schock" comes to mind...
  
  I got lots of the 1943 aluminum axes, didn't think much about the aluminum ladies, I thought they were a simple die variation. I am gonna have to look at them closer when I get home tonite.

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• sumnom Posts: 5,963 ✭✭✭

  February 18, 2005 5:41PM

  PP, do tell what you find when you get home.

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