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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 829097, member: 39&quot;]Don&#039;t think that was the reason. The 5 and 10 centimes coins of the early 20th century were relatively big bronze pieces. They were replaced by smaller Cu-Ni coins with a central hole, long before the Vichy regime years.</p><p><br /></p><p>And the 20c zinc coin was a new denomination anyway; the older ones were 25c nickel pieces, first without, then with a hole.</p><p><br /></p><p>But in general you are right; in many cases the central hole is used to have fairly large coins without using too much material. Denmark for example still uses coins (1, 2 and 5 kroner) that have such a hole. Same thing with Norway&#039;s 1 and 5 kr coins ...</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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