Djibouti 1949 franc

from the Stack's Bowers 2018 Collector's Choice sale, lot 70524

This specimen was lot 70524 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, May 2018), where it sold for $70. The catalog description^[1] noted, "FRENCH SOMALILAND. 1 Franc, 1949. PCGS MS-65 Secure Holder. Area of present-day Djibouti. Only 200,000 struck f[or] both 1948 and 1949. Well struck as per usual."

Recorded mintage: 200,000.

Specification: 1.3 g, aluminum, 23 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-4; Lec-26.

Source:

• Gadoury, Victor, and George Cousinié, Monnaies Coloniales Françaises, 1670-1988, 2me Éd., Monaco: Éditions Victor Gadoury, 1988.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio and Chris Chatigny, The May 2018 Collector's Choice Sale, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2018.

Link to:

• 1948 2 francs
• 1948 5 francs
• 1952 20 francs
• 1959 franc
• Coins and currency dated 1949
• return to coins of Djibouti