5 Francs

Features

Issuer	Djibouti › French Somaliland (1896-1967)
Period	French Union (1946-1958)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Year	1948
Value	5 Francs
Currency	Franc (1883-1949)
Composition	Aluminium
Weight	3.8 g
Diameter	31.1 mm
Thickness	2.5 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 5164
References	KM# 6 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). , Lec# 40 Jean Lecompte; 2007. Monnaies et jetons des colonies françaises = Coins and Tokens of the French Colonies (2^nd Edition). Éditions Victor Gadoury, Monaco, Monaco.

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Obverse

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

Head of a waterbuck (large antelope).
Palm spread at top between long horns.
Either side of head a shell with fish underneath.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
COTE FRANÇAISE DES SOMALIS
5 FR·S

Translation: FRENCH SOMALILAND

Engraver: Lucien Georges Bazor

Edge

Plain

Mint

Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date)

Mark

Lucien Bazor, General coin engraver, Monnaie de Paris (1931-1958)

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Date			Mintage	G	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
1948			500 000	$ 0.58	$ 1.10	$ 5.10	$ 5.10	$ 5.10	$ 5.10	$ 34

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