Catalog
1 Franc
| Issuer | New Hebrides (1906-1980) |
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| Year | 1970 |
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| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A frigate bird rendered in stylised relief stands at centre, depicted in profile with wings folded and perched above a small decorative floral motif. Below the bird, the numeral 1 is inscribed in the field, with the denomination legend FRANC arranged along the lower rim between two raised dots. The territorial inscription NOUVELLES - HÉBRIDES curves around the upper periphery in bold raised lettering. |
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The New Hebrides operated under a Franco-British Condominium from 1906 until independence as Vanuatu in 1980 — one of the stranger colonial arrangements in Pacific history, in which two imperial powers jointly administered the same territory without either fully controlling it. The result was a dual legal system, dual police force, and dual currency, with both French francs and British pounds circulating alongside these dedicated Condominium issues struck at the Paris Mint.
The .1 variety designation distinguishes this from the later KM#4.2 reverse modification introduced in the mid-1970s.