5 Francs Essai

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Opschrift voorzijde	REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE UNION FRANÇAISE L.BAZOR GB ESSAI 1948 (Translation: FRENCH REPUBLIC FRENCH UNION)
Beschrijving keerzijde	Central motif featuring a left-facing head of a waterbuck, a large sub-Saharan antelope, with prominent long curved horns between which a palm frond is displayed at the apex. Flanking each side of the animal's head is a shell motif with a fish depicted beneath it, referencing the coastal and marine environment of the territory. The denomination 5 Frs appears prominently in the lower field, while the territorial legend COTE FRANÇAISE DES SOMALIS encircles the design.
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Aanvullende informatie	The 1948 essai issues from the Monnaie de Paris were struck as pattern pieces for evaluation, never approved for general circulation. France's postwar monetary situation was chaotic enough that multiple competing designs were submitted and tested that year, most of them quietly shelved. The KM#E3 designation places this among a small run of copper-nickel trials produced in strictly limited quantities — typically a few hundred pieces at most — distributed primarily to collectors and ministry officials rather than the public.