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2 Francs Territoires sous mandat
| Issuer | Monnaie de Paris |
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| Year | 1924-1925 |
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| Value | 2 Francs |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The denomination 2 Fr. appears in large bold characters at the center of the field, flanked on either side by a prominent upright olive or wheat sprig whose branches spread outward and downward symmetrically, uniting at the base in a tied knot. The circular legend TERRITOIRES·SOUS·MANDAT·DE·LA·FRANCE runs along the upper periphery, while ·TOGO· is inscribed at the base, all within a beaded border. |
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France never formally colonized the former German and Ottoman territories assigned to it after World War I — the League of Nations mandate system required a legal fiction of trusteeship rather than outright possession. A separate coinage was accordingly struck for these territories, covering French Cameroon, Togo, Syria, Lebanon, and several smaller mandates, rather than circulating standard metropolitan French issues. The Monnaie de Paris produced this aluminium bronze series for only two years before individual mandate territories began receiving more administratively specific coinages.