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Coin, French West Africa, Franc

1948 - MS(65-70) - Copper-nickel - Lecompte:4

Quality MS(65-70)
€68,95
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Detailed description

5.19 gr.

  • Country: French West Africa
  • Denomination: Franc
  • Year: 1948
  • Composition: Copper-nickel
  • Mint Mark: (a)
  • Mintage: 2000
Our expertise for this quality
  • Specimen type: pattern
Collectible item references
  • Lecompte: 4
NumisCorner catalog reference: 25835
Coin, French West Africa, Franc, 1948, MS(65-70), Copper-nickel, Lecompte:4

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Coin, French West Africa, Franc, 1948, MS(65-70), Copper-nickel, Lecompte:4

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Coin, French West Africa, Franc, 1948, MS(65-70), Copper-nickel, Lecompte:4

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Coin, French West Africa, Franc, 1948, MS(65-70), Copper-nickel, Lecompte:4

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With this collectible item, you also acquire:
Cupronickel

Cupronickel

Cupronickel (or copper-nickel), also known by the French registered term cuivre blanc (white copper), is an alloy far less modern then one might initially think. Appearances can be misleading! There are examples dating from the Warring States period in China between the 5th and 3rd century BC. Back then, it was used for weapons. In its natural state, the alloy was probably of extraterrestrial origin, arriving on Earth with falling meteorites.

As the Chinese traded with the neighboring Bactrian kingdom, it is there that the first traces of cupronickel coins are found.

Jumping ahead a few millennia and some meteor dust, it first appeared in the West in the US in 1857.

With the price of copper at its highest ever, cupronickel was chosen for the new one cent coin. The alloy at the time contained 88% copper to 12% nickel, and the coin was smaller in diameter than its predecessor (there are no small savings, right?).

Cupronickel is now extremely popular and frequently used for coinage.

Dark gray in color, this alloy, generally comprising around 75% copper to 25% nickel, is highly resistant to corrosion.

An “MS(65-70)” quality

An “MS(65-70)” quality

As in numismatics it is important that the state of conservation of an item be carefully evaluated before it is offered to a discerning collector with a keen eye.

This initially obscure acronym comprising two words describing the state of conservation is explained clearly here:

Mint State(65-70)

This means – more prosaically – that the coin is brand new and free from defects, thus in the state it left the mint. It has probably never been in circulation or seen the bottom of a pocket up close. The term “fleur de coin” is also used internationally to refer to the first coins struck with a new die. By extension, this term thus also now describes “perfect” coins not displaying any defects and retaining their full original luster.

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