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5 Francs

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Features

Issuer DjiboutiFrench 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 (2nd Edition). Éditions Victor Gadoury, Monaco, Monaco.

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

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 G VG F VF XF AU UNC
1948  Wing Photo 500 000 $ 0.58 $ 1.10 $ 5.10 $ 5.10 $ 5.10 $ 5.10 $ 34

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Picture 1 of a sold 5 Francs
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Auction 136
Lot 3129
Internet Archive
28 Aug 2024 XF USD 6.96
(EUR 6.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
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