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  • 50 Francs 1975-2005, KM# 13, French Polynesia
  • 50 Francs 1975-2005, KM# 13, French Polynesia
Description

French Polynesia is an overseas collectivity of the French Republic sometimes unofficially referred to as an overseas country. It is composed of 118 geographically dispersed islands and atolls stretching over an expanse of more than 2,000 kilometres (1,200 mi) in the South Pacific Ocean.

Obverse

Liberty head left, date below.

The Institut d'émission d'outre-mer (IEOM) issues the CFP Franc, the currency of the French overseas collectivities French Polynesia, New Caledonia, and Wallis and Futuna.

Engraver: Raymond Joly

REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE
R. JOLY
I·E·O·M
1995

Reverse

Denomination above Mo'orea Harbor.

Mo'orea, also spelled Moorea, is a high island in French Polynesia, one of the Windward Islands, part of the Society Islands, 17 kilometres (11 mi) northwest of Tahiti. The name comes from the Tahitian Mo'ore'a, meaning "yellow lizard".

Engraver: A. Guzman

POLYNESIE FRANÇAISE
50 f
AG

Edge

50 Francs

With IEOM
KM# 13 Schön# 17
Characteristics
Material Nickel
Weight 15 g
Diameter 33 mm
Thickness 2.35 mm
Shape round
Alignment Coin
Mint
Paris Mint (A)

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