fco_897071 - REUNION ISLAND Essai de 2 Francs 1948 Paris

REUNION ISLAND Essai de 2 Francs 1948 Paris MS

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Type : Essai de 2 Francs

Date: 1948

Mint name / Town : Paris

Quantity minted : 2000

Metal : bronze-nickel

Diameter : 27 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 10,05 g.

Edge : lisse

Catalogue references :

Lec.61 - KM20/E4

Obverse

Obverse legend : REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE / 1948.

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 : dans le champ, plantation.

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_897071 - REUNION ISLAND Essai de 2 Francs 1948 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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