5 Francs Reverse Trial

The Comoro Islands came under formal French protectorate status in 1886, and the subsequent push to establish a local coinage reflected administrative ambitions that largely outpaced reality. This piece is a reverse trial — struck to evaluate die quality and design suitability before committing to a production run that, in the event, never materialized in tin. The 1891 coinage project for the Comorian protectorate was abandoned, leaving trial pieces as the sole physical record of the attempt.

Lec#9 is among the scarcer Lecompte references for this series.