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100 Francs
| Issuer | Tromelin Island (Scattered Islands in the Indian Ocean) |
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| Year | 2024 |
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| Currency | CFP franc (1945-date) |
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| Obverse description | Central shield bearing the arms of Île Tromelin, featuring two dolphins addorsed flanking a duck, surmounted by a scroll banner inscribed with the island's name. Two anchors appear as supporters below the shield. The assayer's initials 'JJ' are placed near the tail of the right-hand dolphin. The legend 'TERRES AUSTRALES FRANÇAISES' curves along the lower periphery of the field. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Tromelin is administered by France as part of the Terres australes et antarctiques françaises, but its sovereignty is actively disputed by Mauritius — and, to a lesser extent, Madagascar. No permanent civilian population has ever lived there; the island hosts only a rotating weather station staffed by Météo-France. Coins issued under the Scattered Islands designation are struck purely for philatelic and numismatic sale, with zero circulation intent.
The island's most documented historical episode is the 1761 wreck of the French slave ship L'Utile, which stranded over sixty enslaved Malagasy people on the island for fifteen years before a rescue vessel finally reached the survivors in 1776.