Live auction - fco_923709 - CAMEROON - TERRITORIES UNDER FRENCH MANDATE 1 Franc léger - Essai de frappe de 1 franc Morlon - 4 grammes 1926 Paris
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| Estimate : | 500 € |
| Price : | 250 € |
| Maximum bid : | 259 € |
| End of the sale : | 09 July 2024 18:24:44 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : 1 Franc léger - Essai de frappe de 1 franc Morlon - 4 grammes
Date: 1926
Mint name / Town : Paris
Metal : bronze-aluminium
Diameter : 23,14 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,00 g.
Edge : striée
Rarity : R3
Obverse
Obverse legend : RÉPUBLIQUE - FRANÇAISE / 1926.
Obverse description : Marianne à gauche, portant le bonnet phrygien et couronnée de lauriers.
Reverse
Reverse legend : .TERRITOIRES . SOUS . MANDAT . DE . LA . FRANCE. / TOGO / 1 - FR..
Reverse description : trois palmes dressées liées par un ruban.
Commentary
Millésime inconnu, non référencé, ni en essai ni en frappe courante. Les années connues pour le Togo se limitent à 1924, essai et frappe courante, et 1925, frappe courante.
La seule explication plausible, car il faut noter une large différence de poids, est de considérer cette frappe, comme celle des 25 centimes Patey 1907, autre année inconnue, comme des essais de frappe dédiés à un tout autre modèle.
Lequel ? Du bronze aluminium, 4 grammes, diamètre 23 mm, l’année 1926, tout indique un essai de frappe d’une 1 franc Morlon. Malheureusement, sans preuve formelle.
On peut aussi penser que l’année 1926 avait été prévue pour le Togo, que les coins furent réalisés et que la frappe specimen resta la seule. Mais ceci n’expliquerait pas la différence de poids.
Unknown vintage, not referenced, neither in trial nor in current strike. The known years for Togo are limited to 1924, trial and current strike, and 1925, current strike. The only plausible explanation, because a large difference in weight must be noted, is to consider this strike, like that of the 25 centimes Patey 1907, another unknown year, as test strikes dedicated to a completely different model. Which one? Aluminum bronze, 4 grams, diameter 23 mm, year 1926, everything indicates a test strike of a 1 franc Morlon. Unfortunately, without formal proof. We can also think that the year 1926 had been planned for Togo, that the dies were made and that the specimen strike remained the only one. But this would not explain the difference in weight
La seule explication plausible, car il faut noter une large différence de poids, est de considérer cette frappe, comme celle des 25 centimes Patey 1907, autre année inconnue, comme des essais de frappe dédiés à un tout autre modèle.
Lequel ? Du bronze aluminium, 4 grammes, diamètre 23 mm, l’année 1926, tout indique un essai de frappe d’une 1 franc Morlon. Malheureusement, sans preuve formelle.
On peut aussi penser que l’année 1926 avait été prévue pour le Togo, que les coins furent réalisés et que la frappe specimen resta la seule. Mais ceci n’expliquerait pas la différence de poids.
Unknown vintage, not referenced, neither in trial nor in current strike. The known years for Togo are limited to 1924, trial and current strike, and 1925, current strike. The only plausible explanation, because a large difference in weight must be noted, is to consider this strike, like that of the 25 centimes Patey 1907, another unknown year, as test strikes dedicated to a completely different model. Which one? Aluminum bronze, 4 grams, diameter 23 mm, year 1926, everything indicates a test strike of a 1 franc Morlon. Unfortunately, without formal proof. We can also think that the year 1926 had been planned for Togo, that the dies were made and that the specimen strike remained the only one. But this would not explain the difference in weight
Historical background
CAMEROON - TERRITORIES UNDER FRENCH MANDATE
(1919-1945)
The 1884 treaty, which delivered Cameroon to the Germans, was confirmed by the Congress of Berlin the following year. Gustave Nachtigal occupied the new colony. In 1911, in order to resolve the Moroccan crisis, France ceded part of the Congo to the Germans, which was attached to Cameroon. The territory had an area of 761,000 km2 and was populated by 2.5 million inhabitants in 1914, including 2,000 whites. At the Treaty of Versailles (June 28, 1919), Cameroon, which had been occupied since 1916 by the Franco-British, became a mandate entrusted to the French. Cameroon is one of the first territories to join Free France on August 27, 1940. At the end of the war, the mandate is transformed into trusteeship and Cameroon obtains its internal autonomy in 1958 and its independence on January 1, 1960.
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