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2 Francs Essai
| Issuer | French Equatorial Africa |
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| Year | 1948 |
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| Weight | 10.05 g |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE UNION FRANÇAISE L.BAZOR GB ESSAI 1948 |
| Reverse description | A forward-facing leptoceros gazelle head with long diverging horns dominates the centre of the field, surrounded by an array of local agricultural crops including maize and millet stalks rendered in fine relief. The denomination 2 F. is split to either side of the gazelle's horns in the upper field. A decorative floral border of stylised blossoms encircles the entire design. The issuer's name arcs along the lower periphery in the legend AFRIQUE EQUATORIALE FRANCAISE. |
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French Equatorial Africa never received circulating 2-franc coins after the war — this 1948 essai was a pattern submission produced at the Paris Mint as part of the broader postwar currency reorganization for French overseas territories, most of which resulted in adopted designs that were then struck in quantity by the Institut d'Émission des Territoires d'Outre-Mer. The essai designation here means it was minted in very small numbers, typically a few hundred pieces, purely for official evaluation.
The federation itself — comprising Chad, Gabon, the Central African Republic, and the Republic of the Congo — was dissolved in 1958, leaving this issue without a successor circulation series.