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The United States utilized a two-cent coin for just ten years, from 1864 to 1873.
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Obverse Description
French text; sawfish figurine as registration device; uranium mine; young woman wearing cowrie headdress
Reverse Description
French text; penal code; woman and children at pottery market with palm trees; sawfish figurine
Catalog Information
GSID:
146886
Variety:
(20)01
BNB #:
B118Hj
Pick #:
P613H
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(20)01
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No date Sig 1: Moncel/Julienne Intro: 1959
Worth: $9 – $140
23-4-1959 Sig 1: Moncel/Julienne Penal code starts L’ARTICLE 139… Series 71 - 88
Worth: $9 – $100
No date Sig 5: M’Kaitirat/Julienne Penal code starts LES AUTEURS… Series 272 - 279 Intro: 1966
Worth: $10 – $90
15-4-1959 Sig 1: Moncel/Julienne
Worth: $100 – $750
Diagonal black SPÉCIMEN / No # ovpt front; vertical SPECIMEN perf; date 00-00-0000; all-zero s/n
Worth: $450 – $450
17-9-1959 Sig 1: Moncel/Julienne
Worth: $50 – $150
No ovpt; no perf; date 00-00-0000; sig 1; all-zero s/n
Worth: $500 – $500
Diagonal black SPÉCIMEN / No # ovpt front; vertical SPECIMEN perf; date 00-00-0000; sig 1; all-zero s/n
Worth: $500 – $500
Diagonal black SPÉCIMEN / No # ovpt front; vertical SPECIMEN perf; date 00-00-0000; sig 3; all-zero s/n
Worth: $500 – $500
15-4-1959 Sig 1: Moncel/Julienne
Worth: $750 – $750
Diagonal black SPÉCIMEN / No # ovpt front; vertical SPECIMEN perf; all-zero s/n
No ovpt; no perf; all-zero s/n
Diagonal black SPÉCIMEN / No # ovpt front; vertical SPECIMEN perf; horizontal red city name ovpt (ABIDJAN, BAMAKO, COTONOU, DAKAR, LOMÉ, NIAMEY, NOUAKCHOTT, OUAGADOUGOU); all-zero s/n
Diagonal black SPÉCIMEN / No # ovpt front; vertical SPECIMEN perf; date 00-00-0000; sig 3; all-zero s/n
20-3-1961 Sig 1: Moncel/Julienne Intaglio Series 89 - 135
Worth: $3 – $40
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