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Live auction - fco_318682 - TOGO - FRENCH MANDATE TERRITORIES 50 Centimes léger - Essai de frappe de 50 cts Morlon - 2 grammes 1926 Paris

TOGO - FRENCH MANDATE TERRITORIES 50 Centimes léger - Essai de frappe de 50 cts Morlon - 2 grammes 1926 Paris MS
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Estimate : 500 €
Price : no bid
Maximum bid : no bid
End of the sale : 15 June 2021 18:42:11
Type : 50 Centimes léger - Essai de frappe de 50 cts Morlon - 2 grammes
Date: 1926
Mint name / Town : Paris
Metal : bronze-aluminium
Diameter : 18,09 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 1,96 g.
Edge : striée
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire exceptionnel malgré quelques légères taches et un voile sombre au revers
Catalogue references :

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. / CAMEROUN / 50 - CMES (SOULIGNÉ).
Reverse description : trois palmes dressées liées par un ruban.

Commentary


Cet exemplaire pèse 2 grammes, comme la 50 centimes Morlon qui sera émise dès 1931, et nous conduit à penser que les essais de frappe et de flans du type Morlon furent faits en utilisant les coins de Patey pour le Cameroun et le Togo.

Historical background


TOGO - FRENCH MANDATE TERRITORIES

Togo, a former German colony, was placed under British and French mandate in 1919. After the war, Togo obtained its independence in 1957.

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