v44_1052 - THIRD REPUBLIC - FRENCH WEST-AFRICA Jeton 5, valeur d’échange 25 francs 1883 Paris
MONNAIES 44 (2010)
Starting price : 950.00 €
Estimate : 1 500.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 950.00 €
Estimate : 1 500.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Jeton 5, valeur d’échange 25 francs
Date: 1883
Mint name / Town : Paris
Quantity minted : ---
Metal : brass
Diameter : 18,77 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 1,55 g.
Edge : lisse
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Quelques petites marques de manipulation dans les champs. Superbe exemplaire ayant conservé son brillant d'origine même si du brun commence à recouvrir les surfaces
Obverse
Obverse legend : OUEST AFRICAIN FRANÇAIS 1883.
Obverse description : au centre 5.
Reverse
Reverse legend : OUEST AFRICAIN FRANÇAIS 1883.
Reverse description : au centre 5.
Historical background
THIRD REPUBLIC - FRENCH WEST-AFRICA
West Africa includes the territories that will become Gabon and the Middle Congo. There was a severe lack of cash in these regions. In the early 1880s, Savorgnan de Brazza imposed countermarked pieces of metal in zinc or tin with shapes that determined the value: 0.10 - 0.20 - 0.50 - 1.00 and 1.50 francs. These parts are raw from manufacture. The second series with the marks 10, 5 and 1 circulates for the equivalent of 50, 25 and 5 francs.
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THIRD REPUBLIC - FRENCH WEST-AFRICA Jeton 5, valeur d’échange 25 francs 1883
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