Djibouti 1959 2 francs

from the Mountain Groan Collection

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 is an aluminum two francs, struck in Paris (note the privy mark) in 1959 and 1965 for French Somaliland.

Recorded mintage: 200,000.

Specification: 2.2 g, aluminum, 27 mm diameter, designed by Lucien Georges Bazor.

Catalog reference: KM 9.

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.

Link to:

• 1948 2 francs
• 1948 5 francs
• 1949 franc
• 1952 20 francs
• 1959 franc
• 1959 5 francs
• Somalia 1976 50 senti
• Coins and currency dated 1959