Live auction - fco_396299 - TOGO - FRENCH MANDATE TERRITORIES 50 Centimes léger - Essai de frappe de 50 cts Morlon - 2 grammes 1926 Paris

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MS64

Estimate :	550 €
Price :	300 €
Maximum bid :	300 €
End of the sale :	08 November 2016 17:25:55
bidders :	1 bidder

Type : 50 Centimes léger - Essai de frappe de 50 cts Morlon - 2 grammes

Date: 1926

Mint name / Town : Paris

Metal : bronze-aluminium

Diameter : 18,10 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 1,94 g.

Edge : striée

Rarity : R3

Slab

PCGS : SP64

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire exceptionnel malgré quelques légères taches et un voile sombre au revers. La monnaie est sous coque PCGS SP64

Catalogue references :

Lec.9 var - KM20/1 var

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.
This example weighs 2 grams, like the 50 centimes Morlon which was issued from 1931, and leads us to believe that the Morlon type coinage and blank tests were carried out using Patey dies for Cameroon and Togo.