Djibouti 1970 100 francs

from the Ma'adi Collection

from the Ma'adi 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 a copper-nickel 100 francs, from just seven years before independence, when the dependency was named 'Territory of the Afars and Issas'.

Recorded mintage: 600,000.

Specification: 11.90g, copper-nickel.

Catalog reference: KM-19.

Source:

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

Link to:

• No Date c/m 1 rupee
• (1900) c/m 1 thaler
• No Date c/m 8 reales
• 1999 10 francs
• Somalia 1976 50 senti
• Coins and currency dated 1970
• return to coins of Djibouti