Djibouti 1921 50 centimes

Steve Album sale 10, lot 1732

Courtesy Steve Album

The Republic of Djibouti is the former French Somaliland, acquired in 1839 from provincial sultans, and made into a French colony in 1896. The area received its independence from France in 1977 and remains poor tho without the governmental collapse experienced by Somalia next door. The specimen shown was lot 1732 in Steve Album Auction #10 on April 22, 2011, and did not sell. The catalog description reads:"DJIBOUTI: Jules Gérard Auguste Lauret, governor, 1918-1924, 50 centimes, 1921, signed by the engraver Thevenon, struck in aluminum-bronze, Very Fine, RR."

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: bronze, this specimen 3.88 g.

Catalog reference: KM-Tn9.

Source:

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

Link to:

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• 1921 25 centimes token
• Djibouti 1959 1 franc
• Coins and currency dated 1921
• return to coins of Djibouti