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2 Francs Pattern
| Issuer | Monnaie de Paris |
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| Year | 1948 |
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| Currency | CFA franc (French Equatorial Africa, 1945-1960) |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE UNION FRANÇAISE L BAZOR ESSAI 1948 (Translation: French Republic French Union. Trial.) |
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| Mintage | 1948 - - 2,000 |
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In 1948, the Fourth Republic's monetary reorganization prompted the Monnaie de Paris to trial several competing designs and alloy combinations before settling on final production types. This copper-nickel essai was part of that evaluation process and was never approved for circulation — the 2 Francs denomination itself had a troubled postwar existence, with rampant inflation rapidly eroding its purchasing power to near irrelevance within just a few years of issue.
Pattern pieces from this series were typically distributed to officials, collectors, and foreign mints in small quantities, making precise surviving populations difficult to establish.