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Historical · France
1908 French 20 francs
Marianne on one side, a proud rooster on the other. A gold-colored French 20-franc coin photographed from both sides.
Flip this coin →Free to flip. Two sides. Equal chances.
The story behind the coin
This dated 1908 coin pairs a right-facing Marianne portrait with a rooster. The reverse places the denomination around the bird and the date below it. Both sides were taken from a single source photograph, preserving the matched version. The source identifies this specimen as a gold-and-copper alloy coin.
Which side is heads?
- Heads
- Marianne facing right, surrounded by RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE.
- Tails
- A rooster, the 20-franc denomination and date 1908.
A different coin. The same fair toss.
The artwork changes, but every virtual toss still has a 50/50 chance of heads or tails. We simulate the movement; the result is chosen independently. This is not a simulation of the physical balance of a historical coin.
Photo: Aquinassixthway · CC0. Images cropped/resized and converted to WebP; coin artwork unchanged. Image license ↗ View source record ↗