1 Franc Piefort Essai
Features
| Issuer |
French Equatorial Africa
 |
|---|---|
| Period |
French Union (1946-1958)
|
| Type | Pattern |
| Year | 1948 |
| Value | 1 Franc |
| Currency | CFA franc (1945-1960) |
| Composition | Aluminium |
| Diameter | 23 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number |
N# 178427
Numista type number (https://en.numista.com/help/what-is-the-n-number-visible-in-the-catalogue-33.html)
|
| References |
KM# PE1  Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Coins / 2001-Date (14th edition). Krause Publications, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, United States. And 5 more volumes. |
Obverse
Mariane's head left, wearing a winged phrygian cap.
Background: harbour and 4 ships berthed.
Date below.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE UNION FRANÇAISE
L.BAZOR GB·
ESSAI
1948
Translation:
French Republic / French Union
Trial
Engraver:
Lucien Georges Bazor 
Lucien Georges Bazor was Chief Engraver at the Paris mint from 1930 to 1958. He was born in Paris in 1889 and initially studied under his father, Albert Bazor. Bazor later became the pupil of Patey at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts. He won the Grand Prix de Rome in 1923 for his engraving.
Reverse
Leptoceros gazelle head and various crops,
divides denomination.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
1 F.
AFRIQUE EQUATORIALE FRANÇAISE
Translation: French Equatorial Africa
Engraver:
Lucien Georges Bazor
Lucien Georges Bazor was Chief Engraver at the Paris mint from 1930 to 1958. He was born in Paris in 1889 and initially studied under his father, Albert Bazor. Bazor later became the pupil of Patey at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts. He won the Grand Prix de Rome in 1923 for his engraving.
Edge
Plain
Mint
Paris, France (600-1973)
Mark
 |
Lucien Bazor, General coin engraver, Paris (1931-1958) |
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| Date | Mintage | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||
| 1948 | |
104 | |||||||||||
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