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10 Francs Essai

10 Francs (Essai) - obverse10 Francs (Essai) - reverse

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Features

Issuer RéunionRéunion (1848-date)
Period French Union (1946-1958)
Type Patterns
Year 1955
Value 10 Francs
Currency Franc (1816-1965)
Composition Aluminium bronze
Weight 3 g
Diameter 20 mm
Thickness 1.9 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
35546
References KM# E6
Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes).

Obverse

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

Script: Latin

Lettering:
RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE
ESSAI
L.BAZOR GB
1955

Translation: French Republic

Engraver: Lucien Georges Bazor

Reverse

Crowned shield (coat of arms of Saint-Denis de la Réunion) divides value, ribbon below with "PRAETER OMNES ANGULUS RIDET" motto.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
REUNION
10 FRS
praeter omnes angulus ridet

Engraver: Lucien Georges Bazor

Edge

Plain

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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Date Mintage VG F VF XF AU UNC
1955  Wing 1 200

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