fwo_709178 - NIGER - REPUBLIC - HAMANI DIORI Essai de 500 Francs Proof 1960 Paris
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Type : Essai de 500 Francs Proof
Date: 1960
Mint name / Town : Paris
Quantity minted : ---
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰
Diameter : 26,46 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 9,75 g.
Edge : cannelée
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Légères traces de manipulation
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : * PRESIDENT DIORI HAMANI *//REPUBLIQUE DU NIGER.
Obverse description : Buste du Président Hamani de face.
Reverse
Reverse legend : INDEPENDANCE/ 3 AOÛT 1960.
Reverse description : Armes du Niger ; au-dessous sur deux lignes ESSAI/ 500 FR.
Commentary
Série émise pour la proclamation de l’indépendance le 17 août 1960.
Historical background
NIGER - REPUBLIC - HAMANI DIORI
(1916-1989)
In 1946, Niger became an overseas territory then, in 1958, an autonomous republic within the Community, despite a campaign for the "no" vote in the referendum by the leader sawaba Djibo Bakary, opposed to the head of government Hamani Diori. On August 3, 1960, the country gained independence. Hamani Diori is elected president by the National Assembly. The opposition with Djibo Bakary is getting stronger and stronger. The latter, forced into exile on the eve of independence and who enjoyed the support of the progressive camp, failed in his attempt to seize power..
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