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10 Francs

Features

Issuer French West Africa
Period French Union (1946-1958)
Type Standard circulation coins
Year 1956
Value 10 Francs
Currency CFA franc (1944-1958)
Composition Aluminium bronze (91% Copper, 9% Aluminium)
Weight 4 g
Diameter 23.5 mm
Thickness 1.7 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
4845
References KM# 6
Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes).
, Schön# 6
Battenberg Gietl Verlag (publisher). Weltmünzkatalog. Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Bavaria, Germany (4 volumes).

Obverse

Marianne's head, facing left, wearing a Phrygian cap with traditional French cockade dividing the date along with the privy mark above 19 of date (the wing was the symbol of Engraver General at the time of striking) along with the mintmark (a cornucopia was the symbol of Monnaie de Paris) and the G.B.L. Bazor signature on the collar.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
19 56
REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE
G.B.L. BAZOR

Translation: French Republic

Engraver: Lucien Georges Bazor

Reverse

Leptoceros gazelle head within stalks of maize divides denomination; rim at the top is linked sorghum (an agricultural food crop).

Script: Latin

Lettering:
10 Fs
AFRIQUE OCCIDENTALE FRANÇAISE

Translation: French West Africa

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)

Comments

The World Coins gives the reference KM#E4 to the "essai" version.

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Date Mintage G VG F VF XF AU UNC
1956  Wing 20 000 000 $ 0.59 $ 0.59 $ 1.40 $ 1.70 $ 2.20 $ 3.30 $ 7.90

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