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1 Franc
| Issuer | Terres Australes et Antarctiques Françaises (TAAF) |
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| Year | 2024 |
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| Value | 1 Franc |
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| Obverse description | Central field features the coat of arms of Île Europa, depicting a heart-shaped shield bearing a green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) in full dorsal view, flanked on either side by a leaping dolphin acting as heraldic supporters, their tails meeting beneath the shield. Above the shield is a banner inscribed ILE EUROPA surmounted by a five-pointed star. The legend TERRES AUSTRALES FRANÇAISES arcs along the lower periphery within a beaded border. |
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| Reverse lettering | TERRES AUSTRALES ET ANTARCTIQUES FRANÇAISES 1 FRANC 2024 |
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TAAF issues no circulating currency — the territory has no permanent civilian population, and these coins are produced exclusively for collectors. The 2024 franc continues a series that has existed largely as a philatelic and numismatic revenue stream for the French Southern and Antarctic Lands administration, whose actual governance expenditures are funded through fishing license fees in the Exclusive Economic Zone around the Kerguelen and Crozet archipelagos.