50 Centimes

Features

Issuer	French Polynesia › French Polynesia (1957-date)
Ruling authority	French Overseas Territory (1957-2003)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Year	1965
Value	50 Centimes (0.50 XPF)
Currency	CFP Franc (1945-date)
Composition	Aluminium (95% Aluminium, 5% Magnesium)
Weight	0.7 g
Diameter	18 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized	30 November 2022
Number	N# 1541
References	KM# 1 Standard Catalog of World Coins (85 volumes). , Schön# 5 Battenberg (publisher). Weltmünzkatalog. Battenberg, Regenstauf, Bavaria, Germany (3 volumes). , Lec# 1 Jean Lecompte; 2007. Monnaies et jetons des colonies françaises (2nd Edition). Éditions Victor Gadoury, Monaco, Monaco.

Obverse

Liberty sitting on throne, facing left holding lit torch in left hand. Assorted fruit in a cornucopia in bend of right arm.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE
G.B.BAZOR
1965

Translation: French Republic

Engraver: Lucien Georges Bazor

Reverse

Palm trees on left, sea with sailboat in middle, mountains in distance. Boat with outrigger in foreground, plus assorted fruit in container

Script: Latin

Lettering:
POLYNESIE FRANÇAISE
50 CMES

Translation:
French Polynesia
50 Cents

Engraver: Lucien Georges Bazor

Edge

Plain

Mint

Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date)

Mark

Raymond Joly, General coin engraver, Monnaie de Paris (1958-1974)

See also

• Allegory
• Tree
• Cornucopia
• Boat or watercraft

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Date			Mintage		VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
1965			500 000				$ 1.10	$ 2.60	$ 3.10	$ 3.10

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