Catalog
1 Franc
| Issuer | Terres Australes et Antarctiques Françaises (TAAF) |
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| Year | 2024 |
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| Composition | Brass |
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| Reverse description | The large numeral '1' dominates the central field, with the denomination FRANC inscribed below it. To the left of the numeral stands a stylised coconut palm tree, and to the right a penguin in profile, both rendered in relief as symbolic fauna of the French Southern Territories. A small decorative mint privy mark appears beneath the denomination. The circular legend TERRES AUSTRALES ET ANTARCTIQUES FRANÇAISES runs along the upper periphery, with the date 2024 flanked by decorative stops at the base, all within a beaded border. |
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| Reverse lettering | TERRES AUSTRALES ET ANTARCTIQUES FRANÇAISES 1 FRANC 2024 |
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TAAF issues no circulating currency — the territory has no permanent civilian population, and these coins are produced exclusively for collectors. The 2024 franc continues a series that has existed largely as a philatelic and numismatic revenue stream for the French Southern and Antarctic Lands administration, whose actual governance expenditures are funded through fishing license fees in the Exclusive Economic Zone around the Kerguelen and Crozet archipelagos.