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50 Francs Independence, Trial Strike
| Issuer | Gabon |
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| Year | 1960 |
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| Value | 50 Francs (50 FCFA) |
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| Reverse description | The full national coat of arms of Gabon is displayed prominently in the centre, featuring a shield divided into three sections bearing three gold discs above and a sailing ship below, surmounted by a helm and flanked by two black panthers as supporters, with a scroll bearing the national motto at the base and a sprig of okoumé branches above. The legend REPUBLIQUE GABONAISE curves along the upper periphery, flanked by small stars. The denomination 50 Fr. appears in the lower central field, with the independence commemoration inscription INDEPENDANCE 17 AOUT 1960 arranged in two lines below. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Gabon achieved independence from France on August 17, 1960, and this trial strike dates to that transitional moment when the new republic was establishing the visual and monetary grammar of statehood. Trial pieces from francophone African nations of this period were typically produced in Paris at the Monnaie de Paris, which retained minting contracts with most of its former colonial territories well into the postcolonial decades. Most never progressed beyond the essai stage.