100 Franken SAAR (French) (1955)

diameter:	weight:	thickness:	alloy:
24.0 mm	6.0 g	1.9 mm	Cu₇₅Ni₂₅

obverse:

in the coin centre Saar Coat of Arms composed into the ring of ribbons; in the background eight-pointer wind rose; along the edge: SAARLAND (Saar Region) written with letters divided by arms of the wind rose

reverse:

in the centre large face value: 100; along the top edge: EINHUNDERT FRANKEN (in German one hundred francs); along the bottom edge year of issue 1955

edge:

reeded

issue date:

withdrawal date:

6 VII 1959

designer:

Theo Siegle

mint:

La Monnaie de Paris (The Paris Mint), Paris, France (mint mark before year of issue in the reverse; after year of issue privy mark of mint's director Lucien Bazor - wing)

mintage:

1955	11 000 000

interesting facts:

The coin of 100 Franken from 1954 was a local equivalent of French franc coins [FRG] with the same face value. Both types were circulating side by side.

last update: 21 XI 2013

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