Token - Exposition Coloniale Internationale Oceanie

Commemorative issue

1931 Paris International Colonial Exhibition

Obverse

In a circle of flowers and shells, a Tahitian woman, front view.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
OCEANIE
A.MOUROUX

Engraver: Anie Mouroux

Reverse

Under a Maori-style building

Script: Latin

Lettering:
1931
EXPOSITION COLONIALE
INTERNATIONALE
DE PARIS

Engraver: Anie Mouroux

Edge

Plain

Mint

Comments

The first Universal Colonial Exhibition was held in Paris from May 6 to November 15, 1931. It brought together colonies from four continents: North Africa, AOF and AEF, Madagascar, Comoros and Reunion; America, with Canada and the Islands, Guyana; Asia, with Indochina; Oceania, with Polynesia. In six months, over 22.5 million people visited the exhibition. Most of the exhibition took place in the Bois de Vincennes, between the Porte Dorée, the Porte de Saint-Mandé and the Porte de Vincennes. The highlight of the exhibition was the reconstitution of the Angkor Temple. The Musée des Colonies and the Vincennes Zoo remain from this exhibition.

This is an automatic translation. The original text is:

La première Exposition Universelle Coloniale générale eut lieu à Paris du 6 mai au 15 novembre 1931. Elle réunissait les colonies des quatre continents : l'Afrique du Nord, l'AOF et l'AEF, Madagascar, les Comores et la Réunion ; l'Amérique avec le Canada et les Iles, la Guyane ; l'Asie avec l'Indochine ; l'Océanie avec la Polynésie. En six mois, il y eut plus de 22,5 millions de visiteurs. L'exposition se déroulait pour la plus grande partie dans le bois de Vincennes et entre la Porte Dorée, la Porte de Saint-Mandé et la Porte de Vincennes. Le clou de l'exposition était la reconstitution du Temple d'Angkor. Il subsiste de cette exposition le musée des Colonies et le zoo de Vincennes.

See also

• Token - Exposition Coloniale Internationale (Asie)
• Token - Exposition Coloniale Internationale (Amerique)
• Token - Exposition Coloniale Internationale (Afrique)

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1931							$ 5.80					(fr) Monnaie de Paris

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