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1 Franc

1 Franc - obverse1 Franc - reverse

Obverse © Ma collection de monnaies – Reverse © Shadoko (CC BY-NC-SA)

Features

Issuer French West Africa
Period French Union (1946-1958)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 1948-1955
Value 1 Franc
Currency CFA franc (1944-1958)
Composition Aluminium (95% Aluminium, 5% Magnesium)
Weight 1.3 g
Diameter 23 mm
Thickness 1.2 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
3030
References KM# 3
Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes).
, Schön# 3
Battenberg Gietl Verlag (publisher). Weltmünzkatalog. Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Bavaria, Germany (4 volumes).

Obverse

Marianne's head, facing left, wearing a winged Phrygian cap.
Several ships in the background.
Date below exergue line, followed by privy mark.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE UNION FRANÇAISE
L.BAZOR GB
1948

Translation: French Republic French Union

Engraver: Lucien Georges Bazor

Reverse

Leptoceros gazelle head facing divides denomination, various crops.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
1 F.
AFRIQUE OCCIDENTALE FRANÇAISE

Translation: French West Africa

Engraver: Lucien Georges Bazor

Edge

Plain

1 Franc -  obverse

© billsmr (CC0)

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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1948  Wing 30 110 000 $ 0.07 $ 0.58 $ 0.71 $ 2.30 $ 3.30 $ 4.30 $ 4.30 89%
1955  Wing 5 200 000 $ 1.80 $ 2.00 $ 2.00 $ 2.10 $ 3.10 22%

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