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Price : 85.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2015)
Price : 85.00 €
Type : 50 centimes
Date: 1896
Mint name / Town : Paris
Quantity minted : 1000000
Metal : copper nickel
Diameter : 22 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,45 g.
Edge : lisse
Rarity : R1
Obverse
Obverse legend : RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE / ILE DE LA RÉUNION.
Obverse description : Mercure au pétase ailé à gauche.
Reverse
Reverse legend : CONTRE-VALEUR DÉPOSÉE // . AU TRÉSOR COLONIAL ..
Reverse description : et dans le champ : BON POUR / CENT. / 1896.
Historical background
REUNION - Third Republic
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 is one of the four overseas departments since 1946.
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