fco_928184 - REUNION ISLAND Essai de 10 Francs 1955 Paris
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Type : Essai de 10 Francs
Date: 1955
Mint name / Town : Paris
Quantity minted : 1200
Metal : bronze-aluminium
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,90 g.
Edge : lisse
Obverse
Obverse legend : REPUBLIQUE - FRANÇAISE - 1955 /ESSAI.
Obverse description : Buste à gauche de la République au-devant d’une scène portuaire, signature L.BAZOR.
Reverse
Reverse legend : REUNION / 10 - FRS.
Reverse description : Écu aux armes de la Réunion accosté de la faciale et au-dessus d’une bannière inscrite PRÆTER OMNES ANGULUS RIDET (Entre tous, ce coin de terre me sourit).
Historical background
REUNION ISLAND
Discovered in 1513 by the Portuguese Mascarenhas, the island became French in 1638. Named Bourbon Island, its concession was given to the East India Company in 1664 then, in 1793, it became Reunion Island. It has been one of the four overseas departments since 1946..
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