Comoros AH1308-A 5 francs
This specimen was lot 1172 in Stephen Album sale 27 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2017), where it sold for $2,585. The catalog description[1] noted, "COMOROS: Said Ali b. Said Omar, 1886-1912, AR 5 francs, AH1308(a). crossed flags of France & the Comoros //multiple weapons gathered in the center: a dagger, a bow, a gun, a pistol, a sword, a spear, and an arrow, cafefully engraved Arabic legends on either side, NGC graded MS62." The Comoros, an archipelago off the east coast of Africa, was dominated by many foreign powers until attaining independence in 1975. The five francs coin shown was minted in Paris (with the torch privy mark) in AH1308, or about 1891 AD, during the time that Comoros was a French protectorate. It was accompanied by bronze five and ten centimes which are scarce but not rare.
Recorded mintage: 2,050.
Specification: 25 g, 0.900 fine silver.
Catalog reference: KM-3. Dav-9.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- Gadoury, Victor, and George Cousinié, Monnaies Coloniales Françaises, 1670-1988, 2me Éd., Monaco: Éditions Victor Gadoury, 1988.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 27, featuring the Dr. Paul Stevens Collection of Indian Coins, Part VI, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2016.
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