French Equatorial Africa 1948 2 francs

from the Mountain Groan Collection

French Equatorial Africa was an administrative grouping of the colonies of Gabon, French Congo, Ubangi-Shari (now the Central African Republic) and Chad. Cameroon is sometimes included, but as it was a United Nations Trust Territory, it was administered separately. The group was dissolved in 1960 when its components obtained independence. This Bazor obverse, seen on many other French colonial issues, also appears on the accompanying one franc (KM 6).

Recorded mintage: 5,040,000.

Specification: aluminum, 27 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 7.

Source:

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

Link to:

• French Equatorial Africa 1943 10 centimes
• 1948 franc
• Coins and currency dated 1948
• return to coins of French Equatorial Africa