FRANCE - THIRD REPUBLIC - 1 FRANC SEMEUSE 1914 CASTELSARRASIN - PCGS MS66

Third Republic (1870-1940), 1 franc Semeuse, 1914, struck at Castelsarrasin.

Obverse: the Sower walking left, sowing broadcast, the rising sun at her feet. Legend RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE. Signature O. ROTY above the ground. Reverse: denomination 1 FRANC in the field, olive branch below, surrounded by the motto LIBERTÉ ÉGALITÉ FRATERNITÉ. Date 1914 and mint letter C (Castelsarrasin) in exergue.

As struck, with attractive lustre. Mint State.

Very rare in MS66.

Note: a mint opened temporarily during the First World War, Castelsarrasin struck only 43,421 coins of this date.