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fco_883228 - JUAN DE NOVA ISLAND 10 Francs Guiraud avec surfrappe SOFIM 1952 Beaumont-le-Roger
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Price : 60.00 €
Type : 10 Francs Guiraud avec surfrappe SOFIM
Date: 1952
Mint name / Town : Beaumont-le-Roger
Quantity minted : 72345346
Metal : bronze-aluminium
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,97 g.
Edge : lisse
Coments on the condition:
monnaie contremarquée C / SOFIM / JUAN DE NOVA au revers
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE.
Obverse description : Tête de Marianne à gauche, coiffée du bonnet phrygien orné d'une cocarde ; signé G GUIRAUD derrière.
Reverse
Reverse legend : 10 / FRANCS / 1952 / B // LIBERTE EGALITE FRATERNITE.
Reverse description : Coq debout à droite au-dessus d'une branche d'olivier.
Commentary
Cette monnaie est actuellement attribuée à la Société française des îles Malgaches (SOFIM) qui exploite un gisement de guano sur l’île Juan de Nova entre 1952 et 1968. Il n’existe pas de plus amples informations sur ces monnaies contremarquées. Les références sont celles de la monnaie hôte.
This coin is currently attributed to the Société française des îles Malgaches (SOFIM), which exploited a guano deposit on Juan de Nova Island between 1952 and 1968. There is no further information on these countermarked coins. The references are those of the host mint.
This coin is currently attributed to the Société française des îles Malgaches (SOFIM), which exploited a guano deposit on Juan de Nova Island between 1952 and 1968. There is no further information on these countermarked coins. The references are those of the host mint.
Historical background
JUAN DE NOVA ISLAND
Juan de Nova Island is an island in the Indian Ocean located in the Mozambique Channel. It was discovered in 1501 by the Portuguese captain João da Nova. In 1896 it was attached to the French colonial Empire. From 1923, the island's guano was exploited. The French Company of the Malagasy Islands (SOFIM) obtained a concession which it exploited between 1952 and 1968. Since 2005, it has been administered by the prefect of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands (TAAF).
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