fco_443888 - REUNION ISLAND 2 Francs Marianne / canne à sucre 1971 Paris

REUNION ISLAND 2 Francs Marianne / canne à sucre 1971 Paris MS

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Price : 20.00 €

Type : 2 Francs Marianne / canne à sucre

Date: 1971

Mint name / Town : Paris

Quantity minted : 300000

Metal : aluminium

Diameter : 27 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Edge : lisse

Catalogue references :

Lec.66 - KM20/8

Obverse

Obverse legend : REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE / 1969.

Obverse description : Buste drapé de Marianne à gauche, avec bonnet phrygien ailé et cocarde au-dessus de l’oreille sur fond de navire et d’un port.

Reverse

Reverse legend : REUNION // 2 - FRS.

Reverse description : plantation de canne à sucre.

Historical background

REUNION ISLAND

Discovered in 1513 by the Portuguese Mascarenhas, the island became French in 1638. Named Bourbon Island, its concession was given to the East India Company in 1664 then, in 1793, it became Reunion Island. It has been one of the four overseas departments since 1946..

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fco_443888 - REUNION ISLAND 2 Francs Marianne / canne à sucre 1971 Paris

Obverse

Reverse

Historical background

REUNION ISLAND

Discovered in 1513 by the Portuguese Mascarenhas, the island became French in 1638. Named Bourbon Island, its concession was given to the East India Company in 1664 then, in 1793, it became Reunion Island. It has been one of the four overseas departments since 1946..

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