500 Francs Gambier Island

Features

Location French PolynesiaFrench Polynesia (1957-date)
Issuing entity Vitaly Bakhtinov
Type Fantasy items › Fantasy currency
Year 2014
Value 500 Francs
Composition Silver plated brass
Weight 30.4 g
Diameter 39 mm
Thickness 3.4 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number
N#
117720

Obverse

Capped head left, date and legend.
Date.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE
ESSAI
2014

Reverse

Octopus.
Value.
ВБ - VB, Vitaly Bakhtinov.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
ILES GAMBIER
500 fr.
INSTITUT D'ÉMISSION D'OUTRE-MER

Translation: VB

Engraver: Vitaly Bakhtinov

Edge

Reeded

Comments

French Polynesia is divided into five groups of islands: The Society Islands archipelago composed of the Windward Islands and the Leeward Islands, the Tuamotu Archipelago, the Gambier Islands, the Marquesas Islands and the Austral Islands. Among its 118 islands and atolls, 67 are inhabited. Tahiti, which is located within the Society Islands, is the most populous island and the seat of the capital of the collectivity, Pape'ete. It has more than 68% of the population of the islands in 2012. Although not an integral part of its territory, Clipperton Island was administered from French Polynesia until 2007.

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Date Mintage VG F VF XF AU UNC
2014 ВБ 200 Proof

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