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<p>[QUOTE="Stork, post: 8393179, member: 71642"]Going back to the French Union (4th Republic) coinage in the (IIRC) 1946-1957, along with all the fascinating aluminum pieces are the mules with the French Equitorial Africa obverse and Reunion reverse...generally referred to as the Reunion mules. </p><p><br /></p><p>I've only see a 1 franc in hand, but here are a couple Heritage auctions including the 2 franc. Not sure why the 2 franc is a specimen as those look like the circulation strikes.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://coins.ha.com/itm/reunion/world-coins/reunion-french-overseas-department-aluminum-mule-2-francs-1948-sp66-pcgs-/a/3061-31273.s?ic4=ListView-ShortDescription-071515" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://coins.ha.com/itm/reunion/world-coins/reunion-french-overseas-department-aluminum-mule-2-francs-1948-sp66-pcgs-/a/3061-31273.s?ic4=ListView-ShortDescription-071515" rel="nofollow">https://coins.ha.com/itm/reunion/world-coins/reunion-french-overseas-department-aluminum-mule-2-francs-1948-sp66-pcgs-/a/3061-31273.s?ic4=ListView-ShortDescription-071515</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is the 1 franc alongside the standard coin so you can see the difference in the obverse sides. </p><p><a href="https://coins.ha.com/itm/reunion/world-coins/reunion-republic-mule-a-franc-1948-total-2-coins-/a/3021-22495.s?ic4=ListView-ShortDescription-071515" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://coins.ha.com/itm/reunion/world-coins/reunion-republic-mule-a-franc-1948-total-2-coins-/a/3021-22495.s?ic4=ListView-ShortDescription-071515" rel="nofollow">https://coins.ha.com/itm/reunion/world-coins/reunion-republic-mule-a-franc-1948-total-2-coins-/a/3021-22495.s?ic4=ListView-ShortDescription-071515</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Japan has many aluminum trial strikes, but this one was an occupation piece:</p><p><a href="https://coins.ha.com/itm/japan/world-coins/japan-netherlands-east-indies-japanese-occupation-aluminum-sen-ne-2603-1943-ms62-ngc-/a/3092-39443.s?ic4=ListView-ShortDescription-071515" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://coins.ha.com/itm/japan/world-coins/japan-netherlands-east-indies-japanese-occupation-aluminum-sen-ne-2603-1943-ms62-ngc-/a/3092-39443.s?ic4=ListView-ShortDescription-071515" rel="nofollow">https://coins.ha.com/itm/japan/world-coins/japan-netherlands-east-indies-japanese-occupation-aluminum-sen-ne-2603-1943-ms62-ngc-/a/3092-39443.s?ic4=ListView-ShortDescription-071515</a></p><p><br /></p><p>And if you count trial pieces:</p><p><a href="https://coins.ha.com/itm/patterns-and-prototypes/1868-complete-16-piece-aluminum-pattern-proof-set-cent-through-double-eagle-pr63-pr67-cameo-ngc-r8-as-a-set/a/1181-6006.s?ic4=ListView-ShortDescription-071515" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://coins.ha.com/itm/patterns-and-prototypes/1868-complete-16-piece-aluminum-pattern-proof-set-cent-through-double-eagle-pr63-pr67-cameo-ngc-r8-as-a-set/a/1181-6006.s?ic4=ListView-ShortDescription-071515" rel="nofollow">https://coins.ha.com/itm/patterns-and-prototypes/1868-complete-16-piece-aluminum-pattern-proof-set-cent-through-double-eagle-pr63-pr67-cameo-ngc-r8-as-a-set/a/1181-6006.s?ic4=ListView-ShortDescription-071515</a></p><p><br /></p><p>There's more. This was just a fairly quick scroll through the Heritage archives on my part (I was looking for the mule coins to link). </p><p><br /></p><p>The interesting thing about aluminum coins is they are often of 'common' varieties but they don't survive well environmentally speaking, so gem quality is hard to get. </p><p><br /></p><p>Many countries utilized the metal heavily near the end of WWII and in the post war period. It took me years to find some of the Japanese aluminum coins in anything approaching gem condition (and some still elude me as I've settled for 'near gem', or at least 'not crap'). The catalog values are low, but good luck finding them.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here's one in a PCGS 65 slab. 1946 post war 10 sen. The issuing authority is (still reading right to left this year) <b>府政本日 </b>or "Nippon seifu" which translates to "Government of Japan" (moving from the post war era and before the formation of the new government).</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1489420[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1489421[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Stork, post: 8393179, member: 71642"]Going back to the French Union (4th Republic) coinage in the (IIRC) 1946-1957, along with all the fascinating aluminum pieces are the mules with the French Equitorial Africa obverse and Reunion reverse...generally referred to as the Reunion mules. I've only see a 1 franc in hand, but here are a couple Heritage auctions including the 2 franc. Not sure why the 2 franc is a specimen as those look like the circulation strikes. [URL]https://coins.ha.com/itm/reunion/world-coins/reunion-french-overseas-department-aluminum-mule-2-francs-1948-sp66-pcgs-/a/3061-31273.s?ic4=ListView-ShortDescription-071515[/URL] Here is the 1 franc alongside the standard coin so you can see the difference in the obverse sides. [URL]https://coins.ha.com/itm/reunion/world-coins/reunion-republic-mule-a-franc-1948-total-2-coins-/a/3021-22495.s?ic4=ListView-ShortDescription-071515[/URL] Japan has many aluminum trial strikes, but this one was an occupation piece: [URL]https://coins.ha.com/itm/japan/world-coins/japan-netherlands-east-indies-japanese-occupation-aluminum-sen-ne-2603-1943-ms62-ngc-/a/3092-39443.s?ic4=ListView-ShortDescription-071515[/URL] And if you count trial pieces: [URL]https://coins.ha.com/itm/patterns-and-prototypes/1868-complete-16-piece-aluminum-pattern-proof-set-cent-through-double-eagle-pr63-pr67-cameo-ngc-r8-as-a-set/a/1181-6006.s?ic4=ListView-ShortDescription-071515[/URL] There's more. This was just a fairly quick scroll through the Heritage archives on my part (I was looking for the mule coins to link). The interesting thing about aluminum coins is they are often of 'common' varieties but they don't survive well environmentally speaking, so gem quality is hard to get. Many countries utilized the metal heavily near the end of WWII and in the post war period. It took me years to find some of the Japanese aluminum coins in anything approaching gem condition (and some still elude me as I've settled for 'near gem', or at least 'not crap'). The catalog values are low, but good luck finding them. Here's one in a PCGS 65 slab. 1946 post war 10 sen. The issuing authority is (still reading right to left this year) [B]府政本日 [/B]or[B] [/B]"Nippon seifu" which translates to "Government of Japan" (moving from the post war era and before the formation of the new government). [ATTACH=full]1489420[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1489421[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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