10 Francs Essai Piedfort

Issuer Madagascar
Year 1953
Type Coin pattern
Value 10 Francs
Currency CFA franc (1945-1963)
Composition Aluminium bronze
Weight
Diameter
Thickness 3 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation
Engraver(s) Lucien Georges Bazor
In circulation to
Reference(s) KM#PE4
Obverse description Female personification of the French Republic, wearing winged phrygian cap with French tricolor left. Cargo ships in background. Date underneath followed by privy mark.
Obverse script Latin
Obverse lettering REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE ESSAI G.B.L.BAZOR 1953
(Translation: French Republic)
Reverse description Value within horns of a Zebu bull flanked by cluster of sprigs with map of country above value.
Reverse script Latin
Reverse lettering 10 FRANCS MADAGASCAR
Edge
Mint Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and
Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date)
Mintage 1953 - - 104
Numisquare ID 9854864590
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