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The official logo of the French Republic used on government documents with the slogan " Liberté, égalité, fraternité " A propaganda poster from 1793 representing the French First Republic with the slogan "Unity and Indivisibility of the Republic.
This coin was minted from 1962 to 2001. 10 French centimes (1963) 10 French centimes (1963) Centime (from Latin : centesimus ) is French for " cent ", and is used in English as the name of the fraction currency in several Francophone countries (including Switzerland , Algeria , Belgium , Morocco and France ).
The franc (/ f r æ ŋ k /; French: franc français, [fʁɑ̃ fʁɑ̃sɛ]; sign: F or Fr), [n 2] also 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.
The Tree of Liberty, also known as the Starry Tree design, is the obverse of the €1 and €2 coins, created by Joaquin Jimenez in 1999. The tree, whose branches, roots and trunk (encircled by the initials R and F) radiate out from a hexagon representing the French territory, is framed by the motto Liberté, égalité, fraternité written in ...
Her profile stands out on the official government logo of the country, and appears on French euro coins and on French postage stamps. [1] She was also featured on the former franc currency and is officially used on most government documents. Marianne is a significant republican symbol; her French monarchist equivalent is often Joan of Arc.
The concept of liberty has frequently been represented by personifications, often loosely shown as a female classical goddess. [1] Examples include Marianne, the national personification of the French Republic and its values of Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité, and the female Liberty portrayed in artworks, on United States coins beginning in 1793, and many other depictions.
The reverse of the two franc coin of 1943, on which the motto appears. The new motto was also used in the colonies, such as this Vietnamese-language image from French Indochina . The central Chữ Nôm characters are 忠孝 ( trung hiếu ), "loyalty to the state and filial piety ."
A coin that has been graded and authenticated by one of numerous independent grading services. [1] See also encapsulated coin. chop-mark See banker's mark. church tokens. Also called Communion tokens. Tokens generally issued initially by Scottish parishes (die stamped one-side only to show the parish) and later in the United States and Canada.