50 Centimes Piedfort with essai

Issuer New Caledonia
Year 1949
Type Coin pattern
Value 50 Centimes (0.50 XPF)
Currency CFP Franc (1945-date)
Composition Aluminium
Weight
Diameter 18 mm
Thickness
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation
Engraver(s) Lucien Georges Bazor
In circulation to
Reference(s) KM#PE1, Lec#31
Obverse description Liberty sitting on throne, facing left holding lit torch in left hand. Assorted fruit in a cornucopia in bend of right arm.
Obverse script Latin
Obverse lettering REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE UNION FRANÇAISE ESSAI G.B.BAZOR 1949
Reverse description Kagu bird within sprigs below value.
Reverse script Latin
Reverse lettering 50 CENTIMES NOUVELLE CALEDONIE
Edge Smooth
Mint Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and
Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date)
Mintage 1949 - - 104
Numisquare ID 7145143440
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