Live auction - fwo_557830 - TOGO - GNASSINGBE EYADEMA Piéfort cuivre 25000 Francs Président Eyadema 1977
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| Estimate : | 700 € |
| Price : | 400 € |
| Maximum bid : | 400 € |
| End of the sale : | 10 March 2020 20:02:25 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Piéfort cuivre 25000 Francs Président Eyadema
Date: 1977
Quantity minted : 5
Metal : copper
Diameter : 26,2 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 17,80 g.
Edge : cannelée
Rarity : R3
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : REPUBLIQUE TOGOLAISE // 25000 FRANCS CFA.
Obverse description : emblème de la République Togolaise avec la devise TRAVAIL LIBERTE PATRIE.
Reverse
Reverse legend : GENERAL GNASSINGBE EYADEMA PRESIDENT // · 1977 ·.
Reverse description : portrait de face en uniforme du Général Président Gnassingbé Eyadema, inscriptions 9 g OR / tit 0917.
Commentary
En 1977, une série de monnaies pour collectionneur sans circulation officielle effective sont frappées en or et argent ainsi qu’une série très limitée d’essais et de piéfort. La monnaie de 25000 Francs est en or. Selon le “World Coins”, ce piéfort en cuivre a été frappé à seulement 5 exemplaires.
Historical background
TOGO - GNASSINGBE EYADEMA
(1935-2005)
Born on December 26, 1935 in Pya in northern Togo, Étienne Gnassingbé Eyadema comes from a modest peasant family. A soldier in the French colonial army, he served in Indochina and then in Algeria. In 1962, following independence, he returned to Togo. In 1963, he participated in the assassination of the first Togolese president, Sylvanus Olympio. In 1963, he joined the Togolese army and in 1965 became chief of the army staff with the rank of lieutenant-colonel. On January 13, 1967, Gnassingbé Eyadéma overthrew Nicolas Grunitzky, second President of the Republic and took power. He officially becomes president on April 13. Escaping several attacks and having been regularly re-elected in contested elections, he died in office in 2005. His son Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé succeeded him..
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TOGO - GNASSINGBE EYADEMA Piéfort cuivre 25000 Francs Président Eyadema 1977
400.00 €
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