20 Francs
© Rojomano
Features
| Pretended issuer |
Europa Island
(Scattered Islands in the Indian Ocean)  |
|---|---|
| Type | Fantasy coins |
| Year | 2017 |
| Value | 20 Francs 20 XPF = USD 0.19 |
| Currency | CFP franc (1945-date) |
| Composition | Copper-nickel |
| Weight | 11.8 g |
| Diameter | 29 mm |
| Thickness | 2.8 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Number | N# 148217 |
Obverse
Ile Europa emblem; two dolphins flanking a turtle in a shield, crowned by banner with the island's name and two anchors.
Assayer's initials near the tail of the dolphin at the right.
With the French Austral Territories legend at bottom.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
ÎLE EUROPA
TERRES AUSTRALES FRANÇAISES
JJ
Reverse
Canon.
Value.
Date.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
centenaire de la guerre de quatorze 1917-2017
20 Frs
canon de 75-France-1897
Edge
Plain
Comments
Europa Island is a 28 km² low-lying tropical island in the Mozambique Channel, about a third of the way from southern Madagascar to southern Mozambique.
While the island has probably been sighted by navigators since at least the 16th century, it takes its name from the British ship Europa, which visited it in December 1774. Ruins and graves on Europa island attest to several attempts at settlement from the 1860s to the 1920s. For example, the French Rosiers family moved to the island in 1860, but subsequently abandoned it.
The island has been a possession of France since 1897, but is also claimed by Madagascar. The island, garrisoned by a detachment from Réunion, has a weather station and is visited by scientists. Though uninhabited, it is part of the "Scattered Islands" of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands administrative region.
This issue is part of a series of coins dedicated to French Overseas Departments and Territories.
While the island has probably been sighted by navigators since at least the 16th century, it takes its name from the British ship Europa, which visited it in December 1774. Ruins and graves on Europa island attest to several attempts at settlement from the 1860s to the 1920s. For example, the French Rosiers family moved to the island in 1860, but subsequently abandoned it.
The island has been a possession of France since 1897, but is also claimed by Madagascar. The island, garrisoned by a detachment from Réunion, has a weather station and is visited by scientists. Though uninhabited, it is part of the "Scattered Islands" of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands administrative region.
This issue is part of a series of coins dedicated to French Overseas Departments and Territories.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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