v30_1448 - CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC Essai de 500 Francs femme africaine 1985 Paris
MONNAIES 30 (2007)
Starting price : 20.00 €
Estimate : 45.00 €
Realised price : 35.00 €
Number of bids : 3
Maximum bid : 50.00 €
Starting price : 20.00 €
Estimate : 45.00 €
Realised price : 35.00 €
Number of bids : 3
Maximum bid : 50.00 €
Type : Essai de 500 Francs femme africaine
Date: 1985
Mint name / Town : Paris
Quantity minted : 1700
Metal : copper nickel
Diameter : 30 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 11,6 g.
Edge : lisse
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
sous sachet scellé de la Monnaie de Paris. Le poids comprend le sachet
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : BANQUE / DES / ETATS DE / L’AFRIQUE / CENTRALE / ESSAI.
Obverse description : Femme africaine à gauche.
Reverse
Reverse legend : REPUBLIQUE CENTRAFRICAINE / 500 / FRANCS / 1985.
Reverse description : Bouquet de plantes tropicales dont fèves de cacao, piment, épices.
Historical background
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
In 1965, Colonel Jean-Bedel Bokassa seized power. He repeals the Constitution and declares himself president-marshal for life. On December 4, 1976, the extraordinary congress of the “renovated MESAN” proclaimed the Central African Empire. Marshal Bokassa becomes Emperor Bokassa I. He was crowned on December 4, 1977 with the help of France and he organized his “Napoleonic coronation”, filmed by TVs around the world. Under his regime, freedom of expression is suppressed and opponents are tried by military tribunals and, for the most part, sentenced to death..
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