Comoros 1964 franc

from the Mountain Groan Collection

The Comoros are an island group in the Indian Ocean between Madagascar and Mozambique and was a longtime French colony until independence in 1975. In 1964, the Paris mint issued a set of denominations for the islands, one, two and five francs in aluminum and ten and twenty francs in aluminum-bronze. The coins are not rare but are less often seen than those of other French colonies such as St. Pierre et Miquelon or French Somaliland.

Recorded mintage: 500,000.

Specification: aluminum, 23 mm diameter, plain edge, designed by Louis Bazor.

Catalog reference: KM 4.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

Link to:

• Comoros AH1308 5 centimes
• Reunion 1948 franc
• Comoros 1964 2 francs
• Comoros 1964 5 francs
• Comoros 1964 20 francs
• Coins and currency dated 1964