1 Franc, Cameroon, 1943
date: label: date made
content: 1943
notes: label: Description
content: After Germany occupied France during the Second World War, the Free French government in exile in French Equatorial Africa issued their own coins to signal their political authority in the region and independence from occupied France.
label: Description
content: One (1) franc coin
label: Description
content: Cameroon, 1943
label: Description
content: Obverse Image: Rooster facing left.
label: Description
content: Obverse Text: RF / CAMEROUN FRANCAIS LIBRE
label: Description
content: Reverse Image: Patriarchal cross.
label: Description
content: Reverse Text: HONNEUR / LIBERTE EGALITE FRATERNITE / PATRIE / 1 FC / 1943
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place used
content: Cameroon
label: place made
content: South Africa: Gauteng, Pretoria
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content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
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content: West African Currency
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Carl H. Jaeschke
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: NU.71.105.455
label: catalog number
content: 71.105.455
label: accession number
content: 297845
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coin
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: bronze (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: .15 cm x 2.55 cm; 1/16 in x 1 in