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1 Franc Piefort Essai
| Issuer | Monnaie de Paris |
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| Year | 1948 |
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| Currency | Franc (1924-1956) |
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| Reverse description | Central motif depicting the head of a slender-horned gazelle facing forward, flanked on either side by stylized leafy sprigs that frame the denomination. The numeral '1' and abbreviation 'F.' appear prominently in the field, divided by the gazelle's head. The circular legend TERRITOIRE DU TOGO runs along the lower periphery, identifying the issuing territory. The overall design is clean and emblematic, characteristic of French colonial coinage of the mid-twentieth century. |
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| Reverse lettering | 1 F. TERRITOIRE DU TOGO (Translation: Territory of Togo) |
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Pièforts are struck at double or greater thickness on specially prepared planchets, produced exclusively for official presentation and archival purposes — never for circulation. The 1948 aluminium franc piefort from the Monnaie de Paris falls into that narrow category of postwar French essais issued as the Fourth Republic was still stabilizing its monetary infrastructure following the destruction and economic dislocation of the Occupation years. Aluminium had become France's practical coinage metal by necessity during this period, cheap and abundant where silver and nickel were not.
KM#PE1 designation confirms this as the first catalogued piefort entry for the type.