View source for Saarland 1954 10 franken

[[Image:Saarland 1954 10 franken obv DSLR.jpg|300px|thumb|formerly in the Mountain Groan Collection]]
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Saarland is region of Germany bordering [[France]]. It is presently a state of the German Federal Republic but during the period 1945-57 was part of the French military occupation zone. The French made several attempts to incorporate the region into France but local sentiment and pressure from (then) West Germany resulted into reintegration with the rest of Germany. This coin, along with accompanying twenty, fifty and hundred franken were issued by the French for the region in the 1950's. It was minted to the standard of the French [[France 1954 10 francs|ten francs]] of the Fourth Republic.

''Recorded mintage:'' 11,000,000.

''Specification:'' 3 g, aluminum bronze, 20 mm diameter, designed by Theo Siegal.

''Catalog reference:'' KM 1.

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

''Link to:''
* [[France 1954 10 francs]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1954]]
* Wikipedia article on Saarland: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saarland]

[[Category:Selections from the Mountain Groan Collection]]