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2 Francs Piedfort Essai

Features

Issuer RéunionRéunion (1848-date)
Period French Union (1946-1958)
Type Patterns
Year 1948
Value 2 Francs
Currency Franc (1816-1965)
Composition Aluminium
Weight 2.1 g
Diameter 27 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
142169
References KM# PE4
Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes).
, Lec# 43
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.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE
1948
L.BAZOR GB
ESSAI

Engraver: Lucien Georges Bazor

Reverse

Sugar cane plants divide value.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
REUNION
2 FRS

Engraver: Lucien Georges Bazor

Mint

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

Mark

Wing Lucien Bazor, General coin engraver, Monnaie de Paris (1931-1958)

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