1914-C, France (3rd Republic). Silver 2 Francs Coin. The Sower. PCGS MS-64!
Mint Year: 1914 Mintage: 461,647pcs. References: KM-845.2. Designer: Louis Oscar Roty Mint Place: Castelsarrasin (C) Denomination: 2 Francs ("Sower") Condition: Certified and graded by PCGS as MS-64! Material: Silver (.835) Diameter: 27mm Weight: 10gm
Obverse: Female togate personification of the French Republic (Francia) walking left and sowing seeds. Sun rising in backround. Designer´s signature (O.Roty) below. Legend: REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE .
Reverse: Denomination (2 FRANCS) above olive-wreath and mint letter (C) of the Castelsarrasin mint. Legend: LIBERTE . EGALITE . FRATERNITE (privy mark: cornucopia) 1914 (privy mark: torch)
The French Third Republic (French: La Troisième République, sometimes written as La IIIe République) was the republican government of France from 1870, when the Second French Empire collapsed, to 1940, when it was replaced by the Vichy France government after the French Third Republic's defeat to Nazi Germany in the early stages of World War II.