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10 Cents Piedfort Pattern
| Issuer | Monnaie de Paris |
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| Year | 1945-1946 |
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| Thickness | 3 mm |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of Marianne facing right, wearing a Phrygian cap with flowing hair, her breastplate adorned with a lion's head medallion in the Art Deco style of engraver Pierre Turin. She holds an olive branch in her left hand, raised before her. The circular legend REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE runs along the periphery, interrupted by the bust, with the engraver's signature P. TURIN incuse in the right field. The date 1945 appears in the exergue, separated from the field by a decorative rope border. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Piedfort patterns from Monnaie de Paris in the immediate postwar years were produced as internal trials during France's monetary reconstruction — the country was simultaneously purging Vichy-era coinage and establishing the provisional government's numismatic identity under de Gaulle. The aluminium composition reflects genuine material constraints of 1945–46, not an arbitrary metallurgical choice; France's industrial base was still severely disrupted.
Piedforts of this type were never intended for circulation and saw strictly limited production for official examination purposes.