FRANCE - FRANCE Provisional Government of the French Republic (1944-1946). Test of 2 francs Morlon in aluminium, Frappe spéciale (SP) 1944, Paris. Av. REPVBLIQVE - FRANÇAISE. Laureate head of the Republic to the left, behind signature MORLON. Rv. LIBERTE EGALITE FRATERNITE. Between two horns of plenty: 2 FRANCS (different) (date) (different); ESSAI rounded above 2. GEM.117.2 - G.538a - Maz.- ; Aluminium - 2.27 g - 27 mm - 6 h Top Pop: the most beautiful graded example! PCGS SP64 (60811407). Special strike (SP). Barely oxidised surfaces. Corner flower. The order of 22 September 1944 authorised the issue of aluminium 2 franc coins: this test was produced in preparation for this issue (7224000 examples manufactured at the end of 1944) and most probably dates from the last days of September 1944.