5 Francs - CEAS BLEM
Features
| Location |
Algeria
 |
|---|---|
| Type | Trade tokens › Military tokens |
| Years | 1960-1966 |
| Composition | Aluminium |
| Weight | 1.27 g |
| Diameter | 20 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 442130 |
| References | Élie mil# 10.1 Roland Élie; 2009. Jetons-monnaie militaires français et coloniaux: 1800-2000. Association des Collectionneurs de Jetons-monnaie, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France. Roland Élie; 2003. Monnaies de nécessité et jetons-monnaie: France, colonies, Monaco : 1800-2000 = Necessity Coins and Token-coins. Association des Collectionneurs de Jetons-monnaie, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France. |
Obverse
Transmitter logo in two lines above the manufacturer's name.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
CEAS
BLEM
DRAGO
Unabridged legend:
Centre d'Essai des Armes Spéciales
Brigade de la Légion Étrangère Mobile.
Reverse
Value above the place of use, on a granular background.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
5
FOYER
Edge
Plain
Mint
Drago Paris, Palaiseau, France (1920-date)Comments
Series of tokens (5f, 10f, 50f, 300f, and certainly 100f) related to the nuclear tests carried out by France in southern Algeria between 1960 and 1966. The Centre d'Essai des Armes Spéciales was located at Reggane in the Algerian Sahara. Security was provided by a "Brigade de la Légion Étrangère Mobile".
Manufactured by DRAGO.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (1960-1966) | |||||||||||||||
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