¼ Euro - French southern & Antarctic territories Pattern

¼ Euro - French southern & Antarctic territories (Pattern) - obverse¼ Euro - French southern & Antarctic territories (Pattern) - reverse

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Features

Location French Southern and Antarctic Lands (Overseas France)
Type Fantasy items › Fantasy currency
Year 2004
Value ¼ Euro
¼ EUR = USD 0.27
Currency Euro (2002-date)
Composition Silver (.999)
Weight 7.82 g
Diameter 27.5 mm
Thickness 1.8 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
Number
N#
99950
References X# E11
George S. Cuhaj (editor); 2011. Unusual World Coins. Krause Publications, Iola, Wisconsin, United States.

Obverse

Louis Oscar Roty.
Denomination.
Date.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
TERRE AUSTRALES et ANTARCTIQUES FRANÇAISES
RF
2004

Reverse

Seeder.
Value.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
Semeuse 1898
ESSAI
Louis Oscar Roty 1846 - 1911
1/4 E

Edge

Reeded

Comments



The Territory of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands consist of Kerguelen Islands, the St. Paul and Amsterdam Islands, the Crozet Islands, Adélie Land and the Scattered Islands (which are a dispersed group of islands around the coast of Madagascar).
The territory has no permanent civilian population. Those resident consist of visiting military personnel, officials, scientific researchers and support staff.
The French Southern and Antarctic Lands have formed a territoire d'outre-mer (an overseas territory) of France since 1955. Formerly, they were administered from Paris by an administrateur supérieur assisted by a secretary-general; since December 2004, however, their administrator has been a préfet, with headquarters in Saint-Pierre on Réunion Island.
The territory is divided into five districts. Each district is headed by a district chief, who has powers similar to those of a French mayor (including recording births and deaths and being an officer of judicial police). Because there is no permanent population, there is no elected assembly, nor does the territory send representatives to the national parliament.
This issue is part of a series of coins dedicated to French Overseas Departments and Territories.

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Date Mintage VG F VF XF AU UNC
2004  2 000 Proof

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