2 Francs Essai

Issuer French Equatorial Africa
Year 1948
Type Coin pattern
Value 2 Francs (2 FCFA)
Currency CFA franc (1945-1960)
Composition Copper-nickel
Weight 10.05 g
Diameter 27 mm
Thickness 2.3 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
Engraver(s) Lucien Georges Bazor
In circulation to
Reference(s) KM#E2
Obverse description Buste à gauche de Marianne coiffée d`un bonnet phrygien ailé. Port et bateaux à l`arrière plan. Word Essai below the bust.
Obverse script Latin
Obverse lettering REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE UNION FRANÇAISE L.BAZOR GB ESSAI 1948
Reverse description Leptoceros gazelle head and various crops, divides denomination.
Reverse script Latin
Reverse lettering AFRIQUE EQUATORIALE FRANÇAISE 2 F.
Edge Plain
Mint Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and
Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date)
Mintage 1948 - - 2 000
Numisquare ID 5783443830
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