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20 Francs

20 Francs - obverse20 Francs - reverse

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Features

Issuer DjiboutiFrench Somaliland (1896-1967)
Period Fifth Republic (1958-1967)
Type Standard circulation coins
Year 1965
Value 20 Francs
Currency French Somaliland Franc (1949-1967)
Composition Aluminium bronze (92% Copper, 6% Aluminium, 2% Nickel)
Weight 4 g
Diameter 23.5 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
11680
References KM# 12
Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes).
, Lec# 48
Jean Lecompte; 2007. Monnaies et jetons des colonies françaises = Coins and Tokens of the French Colonies (2nd Edition). Éditions Victor Gadoury, Monaco, Monaco.

Obverse

Marianne head left, wearing a winged phrygian cap.
4 ships in the background.
Date below, followed by privy mark.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE
1965

Translation: FRENCH REPUBLIC

Engraver: Lucien Georges Bazor

Reverse

2 boats, a dhow, an ocean liner, denomination above.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
COTE FRANÇAISE DES SOMALIS
20
FRANCS

Translation: FRENCH SOMALILAND

Engraver: Lucien Georges Bazor

Edge

Plain

Mint

Mintmark of Monnaie de Paris Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date)

Mark

Owl Raymond Joly, General coin engraver, Monnaie de Paris (1958-1974)

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