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v52_1308 - ALGERIA - FOURTH REPUBLIC Essai de 50 francs Turin 1949 Paris

ALGERIA - FOURTH REPUBLIC Essai de 50 francs Turin 1949 Paris MS
MS
MONNAIES 52 (2012)
Starting price : 40.00 €
Estimate : 120.00 €
Realised price : 60.00 €
Number of bids : 3
Maximum bid : 159.00 €
Type : Essai de 50 francs Turin
Date: 1949
Mint name / Town : Paris
Quantity minted : 1500
Metal : copper nickel
Diameter : 27,08 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 7,85 g.
Edge : striée
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Infimes points noirs dans les champs et marques de manipulation, distincts à la loupe x 10, sinon, sortant de frappe et jolie teinte
Catalogue references :
Lec.51

Obverse

Obverse legend : REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE.
Obverse description : Tête de la République aux cheveux courts à droite, coiffée d'un bonnet phrygien lauré ; signé P. TURIN sous le cou le long du listel.

Reverse

Reverse legend : 50 / FRANCS / 1949 ENCADRÉ DES DIFFÉRENTS / ALGERIE / ESSAI.
Reverse description : Entre deux épis de blé verticaux, faciale et millésime en trois lignes, séparés d’ALGERIE, par deux feuilles des épis se rejoignant.

Historical background

ALGERIA - FOURTH REPUBLIC

The demonstrations of Algerians, which took place on May 8, 1945, in several towns in the east of the country, were to make it possible to recall their nationalist demands, while taking advantage of the jubilation generated by the victory. In Sétif, after clashes between police and nationalists, the demonstration turned into a riot and the anger of the demonstrators turned against the “French”: 27 Europeans were murdered. The repression of the French army is brutal officially killing 1,500 people among the natives. These massacres are considered by some historians to be the true beginning of the Algerian War..

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