5 Francs

Features

Issuer	French Polynesia › French Settlements of Oceania (1903-1957)
Period	French Overseas Territory (1946-1957)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Year	1952
Value	5 Francs (5 XPF)
Currency	CFP Franc (1945-date)
Composition	Aluminium (95% Aluminium, 5% Magnesium)
Weight	3.8 g
Diameter	31 mm
Thickness	2.4 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized	1 December 2022
Number	N# 903
References	KM# 4 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). , Lec# 24 Jean Lecompte; 2007. Monnaies et jetons des colonies françaises = Coins and Tokens of the French Colonies (2^nd Edition). Éditions Victor Gadoury, Monaco, Monaco. , Schön# 4 Battenberg Gietl Verlag (publisher). Weltmünzkatalog. Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Bavaria, Germany (4 volumes).

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Obverse

Seated Marianne adorned with a winged Phrygian cap (symbol of Freedom & Liberty) with a cornucopia (with fruits & nuts) in her right hand and a lighted torch in the left hand.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE UNION FRANÇAISE
G.B.BAZOR
1952

Engraver: Lucien Georges Bazor

Reverse

Island's landscape with palm trees, boats (sailboat & rowboat), fruit bowl, flower.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
ETABLISSEMENTS
FRANÇAIS
5 F.
DE
L'OCÉANIE

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
1952			2 000 000	$ 0.49	$ 1.40	$ 1.40	$ 2.10	$ 2.30	$ 2.30	$ 3.90

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