My son moved to Paris I had him look when he can for one like yours http://www.go-fast.org/FrenchCoins/?img=images/France 1921 50c Ch Commerce
I'll have to dig up photos of my circulated 1903 & 1904 25 centimes coins. They aren't UNC, but who doesn't like nice circulated coins? EDIT: Here's the 1903:
Nope. I got these from my LCS here in small town NE Ohio. I've never been to France, though it's on my list. Good luck to you, though.
In about a month he can visit the "Salon Numismatique" coin show, see http://www.snennp.com/images/salons/22.jpg One major dealer is CGB.fr in 36 rue Vivienne; there are some more in that quarter. Also see the list of dealers at the SNENNP website http://www.snennp.com/departement.asp?dep=75®ion=1 Not sure though whether these are walk-in stores ... Christian
I picked up a few more 1st dates: 1848 1 centime Dupre 1941 10c Lindauer, an extremely bright coin, for Zinc And my favorite of this batch, 1938 5f Lavrillier, bronze-aluminum