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50 Francs Essai
| Issuer | Monnaie de Paris |
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| Year | 1967 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Central device depicting a traditional Kanak grande case (thatched conical chief's hut) surmounted by a ceremonial finial, flanked symmetrically by two columnar Cook pines (Araucaria columnaris) and two feathery palm fronds. The large denomination numeral 50 with an integrally styled italic 'f' for francs occupies the lower central field, executed with decorative rope-pattern detailing within the zero. The territorial legend NOUVELLE - CALEDONIE curves around the upper periphery, with small decorative stops separating the elements at the base. |
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Essais produced by the Monnaie de Paris were official trial strikes intended for governmental approval rather than circulation, which is why surviving examples are almost universally found in mint state — they were never meant to leave the hands of administrators and technicians. This particular piece belongs to a period of intensive monetary retooling under de Gaulle's Fifth Republic, when France was systematically modernizing its coinage infrastructure following the 1960 redenomination that had already lopped two zeros off the old franc.
Production numbers for Monnaie de Paris essais of this type were tightly restricted, typically in the low hundreds.