St. Pierre and Miquelon 1948 franc

formerly in the Mountain Groan Collection

St. Pierre and Miquelon are a pair of windswept islands off the coast of Newfoundland and are a longtime French colony. In 1948, the Paris mint issued a set of denominations for the islands, one and two francs in aluminum. The islands were formerly important to establish French claims to a share in the Grand Banks cod fishery, now collapsed. The coins were saved and are readily available today.

Recorded mintage: 3,000,000.

Specification: aluminum, plain edge, designed by Louis Bazor.

Catalog reference: KM 1.

Source:

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

Link to:

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