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| Maker(s): | The Provisional Government of the French Republic (minted under) | | Culture: | French
| | Title: | Two Francs
| | Date Made: | 1945
| | Type: | Coin/Numismatic
| | Materials: | Aluminum
| | Place Made: | Europe; France; Paris
| | Accession Number: | MH 1997.14.485
| | Credit Line: | Gift of the estate of Eileen Paradis Barber (Class of 1929)
| | Museum Collection: | Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description: Obverse: Bust of the Republic facing left, wearing Phrygian cap with wreath of wheat, olive, and oak; REPUBLIQUE FRANCAIS Reverse: Two horns of plenty flanking central numerals; LIBERTE EGALITE FRATERNITE 2 FRANCS 1945
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