Reunion 1955 5 francs

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from the Mountain Groan Collection
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Reunion is an island in the Indian Ocean between Madagascar and Mauritius and is a longtime French colony. In 1948, the Paris mint issued a set of denominations for the islands, one and two francs in aluminum. Other denominations, including this one, were added in the fifties and this type was reissued 1969-73. The coins are not rare but are less often seen than those of other French colonies such as St. Pierre et Miquelon or French Somaliland.

Recorded mintage: 3,000,000.

Specification: aluminum, 31 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-9.

Source:

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

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