The Third Republic (1870-1840). 5 centimes 1936, copper-nickel, weight - 2 g., mintage - 21614000 pcs. Paris Mint.
The Third Republic (1870-1840). 10 centimes 1921, copper-nickel, mintage - 42768000 pcs. Paris Mint.
The Third Republic (1870-1840). 25 centimes 1903, nickel, mintage - 16000000 pcs. The single mintage only.
The Third Republic (1870-1840). 50 centimes 1919, silver .835, weight - 2,5 g., mintage - 24299000 pcs.
During the 1921-1929 state's tokens was minted and appealed on a whole of French territory. It wasn't a municipal tokens (you can see my municipal tokens in my thread "French war tokens"). On each of state's token the caption "bon pour" was placed. "Bon pour" means - "equal". So, this token was equal to silver 50-centimes French coin. French government have planned to make a silver coins again (but they have minted only coins of large face value in fact). So they have planned to exchange tokens for silver coins. But they have never did it in fact. We can see a 50-centimes state's token.
The Third Republic. 1 franc 1916, silver .835, weight - 5 g., size - 23,2 mm, mintage - 92029000 pcs. Coins of that type were minted at 1898-1920.
The Third Republic. State's token: 1 franc "bon pour" 1923, aluminium-bronze, mintage - 140138000 pcs. All of state's tokens was minted in Paris by French Commercial Chamber.
The Third republic (1870-1940). 1 franc 1938, aluminium-bronze, mintage - 66165000 pcs. Coins of this type were minted at 1931-1940.
The Third Republic. 2 francs 1918, silver .835, weight - 10 g., size - 27,2 mm, mintage - 12026000 pcs. Coins of that type were minted at 1898-1920.
The Third Republic. State's token: 2 francs "bon pour" 1923, aluminium-bronze, mintage - 43960000 pcs.
The Third republic (1870-1940). 2 francs 1936, aluminium-bronze, mintage - 12394000 pcs. Coins of this type were minted at 1931-1941. Last mintage was at 1941 (when big part of France was occupied by German troops)
The Third Republic. 5 francs 1875, silver .900, weight - 25 g., mintage - 13339000 pcs. Coins of this type were minted at 1870-1878 & 1889.
... and here is a nice comparison to the 5 Franc piece from 1875, 50 Francs from 1976, after a 100-to-1 revaluation (i.e. = 5000 old Francs) which gives a pretty good measure of 100 years inflation. , although the 50-Franc piece is marginally heavier (30 g vs 25 g)
Thanks for opening this thread, Siberian Man. Here are a few coins from my collection to fill in some holes in yours. To start with, a Louis d'Or from 1788
