French Coins 20 Francs 1950 Marianne, B (Beaumont le Roger)
Obverse: in the coin centre personification of France - Marianne's head in a laurel wreath facing left; along the left edge: REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE (French Republic); ring of rectangles at the edge.
Lettering: REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE GEORGES GUIRAUD.
Designer: Georges Guiraud (signature G.GUIRAUD in two lines along the right edge of the obverse).
Reverse: above coin centre in two lines face value 20 FRANCS; below year of issue; on the left a Rooster - one of symbols of France; below a laurel branch; along the bottom edge motto of France: LIBERTE EGALITE FRATERNITE (liberty, equality, fraternity); ring of rectangles at the edge.
Lettering: 20 FRANCS 1950 LIBERTE EGALITE FRATERNITE.
Designer: Georges Guiraud.
NOTE: To see which feathers you have to count, look at the six horizontal tail feathers of the rooster. If all six horizontal feathers are visible, there are three curved feathers before them - if they are not all visible, there are four curved feathers.
The 4-feathers variety has been identified as a counterfeit.
NOTE: If it has B letter it is below date.
Face value: 20 Francs.
Edge: plain.
Metal Aluminium-bronze.
Weight 4 g.
Diameter 23.50 mm.
Thickness 1.66 mm.
Issue date: 7 VII 1950.
Withdrawal date: 21 VIII 1969.
Mint: Paris Mint mark La Monnaie de Paris (The Paris Mint) (mint mark before year of issue in the reverse, after year of issue privy mark of mint's director Lucien Bazor - wing)
- plant Paris (no letter below year of issue in the reverse),
- plant Beaumont-le-Roger (letter B below year of issue in the reverse)