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50 Centimes
| Issuer | Trésor Colonial |
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| Year | 1886 |
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| Designer(s) | Louis-Eugène Mouchon |
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| Obverse lettering | ÎLE DE LA RÉUNION TRÉSOR COLONIAL (Décret du 2 Mai 1879) CINQUANTE CENTIMES Saint Denis, le 21 JUIN 1866 50c. E. MOUCHON INVT & SCULPT (Translation: Island of Reunion Colonial Treasury (Decret May 2, 1879) Fifty Cents Saint Denis, June 21, 1866) |
| Reverse description | Black and gray intaglio engraving, with two circular medallions at left and right each enclosing an allegorical female head in profile — one draped with a headscarf, the other helmeted — set against a sunburst of agricultural and maritime attribute clusters. At centre, a rectangular guilloche-bordered cartouche carries the denomination legend above a note of guarantee, with a crossed-anchor maritime vignette below. The legends ÎLE DE LA RÉUNION and TRÉSOR COLONIAL are inscribed at top and bottom respectively, with the engraver's imprint at the lower margin. |
| Reverse lettering | ÎLE DE LA RÉUNION CINQUANTE cent. La contre-valeur en espèces est déposée au Trésor TRÉSOR COLONIAL E. MOUCHON INVT & SCULPT (Translation: Island of Reunion Fifty cents The cash equivalent is deposited in the Treasury Colonial Treasury) |
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