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Coins from New Caledonia

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New Caledonia is a French overseas "collectivity" in the Pacific east of Australia, not far from Vanuatu. It has a population of close to 270,000.
Wikidata: Q33788

Token coinage (1881-1882)

5 Centimes (Le Nickel)
1881
Token
Copper-nickel • 3.6 g • ⌀ 20.4 mm
X# Tn1, Lec# 3, Lec# 4, N# 269780

10 Centimes (Le Nickel)
1881
Token
Copper-nickel • 4.5 g • ⌀ 22 mm
X# Tn2, Lec# 5, Lec# 6, El Mon.# 10.2, N# 126129

25 Centimes (Le Nickel)
1881
Token
Copper-nickel • 4.42 g • ⌀ 24 mm
X# Tn3, Lec# 7, Lec# 8, El Mon.# 10.3, N# 126131

5 Francs (Gomen)
1881-1882
Token
Copper-nickel • 9.12 g • ⌀ 27 mm
X# Tn4, Lec# 9, Lec# 10, El Mon.# 15.1, El Mon.# 15.2, N# 141114

CFP Franc (1945-date)

100 centimes = 1 franc

50 Centimes (Essai)
1948
Pattern
Bronze-nickel • 2.7 g • ⌀ 18 mm
KM# E1, KM# E2, Lec# 19, Lec# 20, N# 48654

50 Centimes (Essai aluminium, flat rim) – obverse

50 Centimes (Essai aluminium, flat rim) – reverse

50 Centimes (Essai aluminium, flat rim)
1948
Pattern
Aluminium • ⌀ 18 mm
KM# E1a, Lec# 22, N# 269807

50 Centimes (Essai aluminium, raised rim) – obverse

50 Centimes (Essai aluminium, raised rim) – reverse

50 Centimes (Essai aluminium, raised rim)
1948
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Aluminium • ⌀ 18 mm
KM# E2a, Lec# 20, N# 269806