List of countries
Algeria - Cambodia - Cameroon - Centrafric - Chad - Cochin China - Comoros - Djibouti (French Somaliland & Afars and Issas French Territory) - Equatorial Guinea - French Equatorial Africa & Central Africa - French West Africa - Gabon - General french colonies coinage - Indochina - Laos (see also specimen banknotes)- La Reunion Island - Lebanon - Madagascar - Mali - Morocco - New Caledonia - New-Hebrides (Vanuatu) - Polynesia (French Oceania) - Rwanda - Saint-Pierre & Miquelon - Togo - Tunisia - Vietnam

References are given based on Lecompte "Monnaies et jetons des colonies françaises", 2007 (Lec.)

Cambodia
Cameroon
1 Franc 1948 Pattern
Lec. 18 - 2.000 ex.
2 Francs 1948 Pattern
Lec. 22 - 2.000 ex.
1 piastre 1946 Pattern
security edge
Lec. 315 - 1.100 ex.
Laos
10 cents 1952 Pattern
Lec. 2 - 1.200 ex.
20 cents 1952 Pattern
Lec. 5 - 1.200 ex.
50 cents 1952 Pattern
Lec. 8 - 1.200 ex.
Morocco
Maroc - 10 Francs 1371 essai - Morocco Pattern
Maroc - 10 Francs 1371 essai - Morocco Pattern
Maroc 10 Francs 1371 Pattern (1952)
Lec. 261 - 1.100 ex.
News-Hebrides (Vanuatu)
1 franc 1970 Pattern
Lec. 1 - 1.250 ex.
Polynesia (French Oceania)
50 centimes 1949 Pattern
Lec. 14 - 2.000 ex.
25 Francs 1956 Pattern reeded edge
Lec. 17 - 2.300 ex.
Chad
10.000 Francs 1960 Pattern
commemorative medal
Saint-Pierre & Miquelon Islands
2 Francs 1948 Pattern
Lec. 6 - 1.100 ex.
UNIQUE : 25 Francs 1956 Pattern
Unlisted plain edge
in "Monnaies de Paris" plastic box
Lec. 17 var. (pré-série?)
10 Francs 1956 Pattern
in "Monnaies de Paris" plastic box
Lec. 15 var. - unique
5 Francs 1956 Pattern
in "Monnaies de Paris" plastic box
Lec. 13 var. - unique
50 Cents 1953 Pattern
3 coins serie in a "Monnaie de Paris" set
Lec. 154 - 1.200 ex.
Togo
Togo - French West Africa
10 Francs 1957 Pattern
Lec. 19 - 2.300 ex.
Togo - French West Africa
25 Francs 1957 Pattern
Lec. 21 - 2.300 ex.
Cochin-China
Sapeque essay no date (1878)
medal alignment two stars on observe
Lec. 5 var.
1 Franc 1948 Pattern
incuse strike - no rim
Lec. 7 - 1.100 ex.
Maroc - 10 Francs 1366 essai - Morocco Pattern
Maroc - 10 Francs 1366 essai - Morocco Pattern
Maroc 10 Francs 1366 Pattern (1947)
Lec. 258 - 1.100 ex.
10 Francs 1956 Pattern
Lec. 25 - 2.300 ex.
Tunisia
5 Francs 1946 Pattern
Lec. 311 - 1.100 ex.
1 dinar 1976
in "Monnaies de Paris" sealed plastic bag
5 Francs 1954 Pattern
in its "Monnaie de Paris" box
Lec. 314 - 1.100 ex.
2 francs 1970 Pattern
in "Monnaies de Paris" sealed plastic bag
Lec. 9 - 1.250 ex.
25 Francs 1956 Pattern
Lec. 26 - 2.300 ex.
Maroc - 50 Francs 1371 essai
Maroc - 50 Francs 1371 essai
Maroc 50 Francs 1371 Pattern (1952)
Lec. 279 - 1.100 ex.
2 Francs 1949 Pattern
Lec. 20 - 2.000 ex.
1 Franc 1948 Pattern
Lec. 18 - 2.000 ex.
Rwanda
rwanda essai 1977 monnaie de paris
rwanda essai 1977 monnaie de paris
5 Francs 1977 Pattern
in "Monnaies de Paris" sealed plastic bag
2 Francs 1948 Pattern
Lec. 21 - 2.000 ex.
Equatorial guinea
50 Francs 1970 Pattern
in "Monnaies de Paris" sealed plastic bag
Lec. 67 - 1.700 ex.
100 Francs 1970 Pattern
in "Monnaies de Paris" sealed plastic bag
Lec. 70 -1.700 ex.
Republic of Djibouti
1 Franc 1969 Pattern
Lec. 50 - 3.400 ex.
1 Franc 1948 Pattern
Lec. 96 - 2.000 ex.
Madagascar
Mali
Mali - 10 Francs 1976 Pattern
in "Monnaies de Paris" sealed plastic bag
1.700 ex.
Maroc - 100 Francs 1372 essai - Morocco Pattern
Maroc - 100 Francs 1372 essai - Morocco Pattern
Maroc 100 Francs 1372 Pattern (1953)
Lec. 287 - 1.100 ex.
in a "Monnaie de Paris" plastic box
Maroc - 200 Francs 1372 essai - Morocco Pattern
Maroc 200 Francs 1372 Pattern (1953)
Lec. 290 - 1.100 ex.
in a "Monnaie de Paris" plastic box
Madagascar - 5 francs 1953 essai french colony coinage
Madagascar - 5 francs 1953 essai french colony coinage
5 Francs 1953 Pattern
Lec. 105 - 1.200 ex.
New-Caledonia
Nouvelle caledonie - 2 francs 1948 avec listel - french colonial coinage
Nouvelle caledonie - 2 francs 1948 avec listel - french colonial coinage
2 Francs 1948 Pattern
incuse strike - with rim
Lec. 27 - 1.100 ex.
rwanda essai 1977 monnaie de paris
rwanda essai 1977 monnaie de paris
rwanda essai 1977 monnaie de paris
20 Francs 1977 Pattern
in "Monnaies de Paris" sealed plastic bag
rwanda essai 1977 monnaie de paris
rwanda essai 1977 monnaie de paris
rwanda essai 1977 monnaie de paris
1 Franc 1977 Pattern
in "Monnaies de Paris" sealed plastic bag
5 Francs 1952 Pattern
Lec. 23 - 1.200 ex.
5 Francs 1952 Pattern
Lec. 70 - 1.200 ex.
100 francs 1976 Pattern
in "Monnaies de Paris" sealed plastic bag
Lec. 129 - 1.900 ex.
Algeria
Algérie 20 francs 1949 essai - Algeria pattern probe colonie
Algérie 20 francs 1949 essai - Algeria pattern probe colonie
10 centimes 1945 Pattern
Lec. 119 - 1.100 ex.
Algérie 50 francs 1949 essai - Algeria pattern probe colonie
Algérie 50 francs 1949 essai - Algeria pattern probe colonie
100 Francs 1971 Pattern
in sealed plastic bag
1.450 ex.
Maroc 20 Francs 1366 Pattern (1947)
Lec. 273 - 1.100 ex.
Maroc - 20 Francs 1366 essai - Morocco Pattern
Maroc - 20 Francs 1366 essai - Morocco Pattern
Maroc 20 Francs 1371 Pattern (1952)
Lec. 276 - 1.100 ex.
1 Franc 1948 Pattern
incuse strike - with rim
Lec. 23 - 1.100 ex.
20 centimes 1945 Pattern
broken coin
Lec. 126 - 1.100 ex.
1 piastre 1946 Pattern
security edge
Lec. 315 - 1.100 ex.
Maroc 5 Francs 1365 Pattern (1946)
Lec. 2 - 1.100 ex.
Vietnam
50 Xu 1953 Pattern
Lec. - 1.200 ex.
Algérie 100 Francs 1950 essai Algeria
Algérie 100 Francs 1950 essai Algeria
Indochine essai 5 cents 1946 collection Pierre 2 CGF - Indochina pattern
Indochine essai 5 cents 1946 collection Pierre 2 CGF - Indochina pattern
5 cents 1946 Pattern
Lec. 126 - 1.100 ex.
origin: coll. Pierre 2 Auction
CGF jan. 2009
Indochine essai 5 cents 1946 collection - Indochina pattern
Indochine essai 5 cents 1946 collection - Indochina pattern
5 cents 1946 Pattern
10 Francs 1977 Pattern
1.700 ex.
25 Francos 1985 Pattern
in "Monnaies de Paris" sealed plastic bag
5 Francs 1977 Pattern
1.700 ex.
set of 3 pattern coins (2 Francs, 5 Francs et 20 Francs) striked in 1968
in 3 sealed plastic bags of the "Monnaie de Paris"
Lec. 54, 57, 64 - 1.700 ex.
Colonies générales - Louis XVIII 5 cents 1824 A - French colonies
Colonies générales - Louis XVIII 5 cents 1824 A - French colonies
Louis XVIII - 5 cents 1824 A Pattern
General French
colonies coinage
BEAC - Afrique de l'Ouest 10 F 1981 - West Africa Pattern
BEAC - Afrique de l'Ouest 10 F 1981 - West Africa Pattern
BEAC - Afrique de l'Ouest 25 F 1980 - French West Africa Pattern
BEAC - Afrique de l'Ouest 25 F 1980 - French West Africa Pattern
West Africa
10 Francs 1981 Pattern
in a sealed plastic bag
1.950 ex.
West Africa
25 Francs 1980 Pattern
in a sealed plastic bag
3.000 ex.
Pattern coins from former French colonies
(133 coins)
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20 Francs 1949 Pattern
Lec. 47 - 1.500 ex.
50 Francs 1949 Pattern
Lec. 51 - 1.500 ex.
100 Francs 1950 Pattern
Lec. 54 - 1.500 ex.
10 Cents 1953 Pattern
3 coins serie in a "Monnaie de Paris" set Lec. 148 - 1.200 ex.
20 Cents 1953 Pattern
3 coins serie in a "Monnaie de Paris" set
Lec. 151 - 1.200 ex.
Tunisie Essai 1 demi-dinar 1968 - Tunisia Pattern
Tunisie Essai 1 demi-dinar 1968 - Tunisia Pattern
half dinar 1968 Pattern
Tunisie Essai 1 demi-dinar 1976 - Tunisia Pattern
Tunisie Essai 1 demi-dinar 1976 - Tunisia Pattern
half dinar FAO 1976 Pattern
in "Monnaies de Paris" sealed plastic bag
Polynésie Océanie 1 Franc 1948 Essai frappe incuse - variété avec listel French polynesia Oceania
Polynésie Océanie 1 Franc 1948 Essai frappe incuse - variété avec listel French polynesia Oceania
1 Franc 1948 Pattern
incuse strike - with rim
Lec. 7 - 1.100 ex.
2 Francs 1949 Pattern
Lec. - 00 ex.
Mali 100 Francs 1975 essai
Mali 100 Francs 1975 essai
Mali 100 Francs 1975 essai
Mali - 100 Francs 1975 Pattern
in sealed plastic bag
1.700 ex.
10 Francs 1953 Pattern
Lec. 108 - 1.200 ex.
Gabon - 100 Francs essai 1971
Gabon - 100 Francs essai 1971
100 Francs 1971 Pattern
1.450 ex.
Gabon - 100 Francs essai 1975
Gabon - 100 Francs essai 1975
Gabon - 100 Francs essai 1975
100 Francs 1975 Pattern
in "Monnaies de Paris" sealed plastic bag
1.700 ex.
Gabon
Djibouti - French coast of the Somali
5 Francs 1948 Pattern
French coast of the Somali
15,15 g.
Lec. 39 var. matte planchet
5 Francs 1948 Pattern
French coast of the Somali
15 g.
Lec. 38 - 2.000 ex.
5 Francs 1948 Pattern
French coast of the Somali
15,10 g.
Lec. 38 var. brillant planchet
5 Francs 1948 Pattern
French coast of the Somali
15 g.
Lec. 38 - 2.000 ex.
10 Francs 1965 Pattern
French coast of the Somali
Lec. 43 - 2.000 ex.
20 Francs 1952 Pattern
French coast of the Somali
second ex.
10 Francs 1965 Pattern
French coast of the Somali
second exemplaire
20 Francs 1952 Pattern
French coast of the Somali
in a "Monnaie de Paris" plastic box
Lec. 46 - 1.200 ex.
Djibouti - Afars & Issas French Territory
French Equatorial Africa
Essai 500 Francs 1976 lettre D (Gabon)
Essai 500 Francs 1976 lettre D (Gabon)
500 Francs 1976 letter D Pattern
(Gabon) - 1.900 ex.
in "Monnaies de Paris" sealed plastic bag
Essai 500 Francs 1976 lettre C (Congo)
Essai 500 Francs 1976 lettre C (Congo)
500 Francs 1976 letter C Pattern
(Congo) - 1.900 ex.
in "Monnaies de Paris" sealed plastic bag
Essai 500 Francs 1976 lettre E (Cameroun - Cameroon)
Essai 500 Francs 1976 lettre E (Cameroun - Cameroon)
500 Francs 1976 letter E Pattern
(Cameroon) - 1.900 ex.
in "Monnaies de Paris" sealed plastic bag
vietnam 20 Su 1953 essai - Viet Nam Pattern
vietnam 20 Su 1953 essai - Viet Nam Pattern
20 Su 1953 Pattern
Lec. - 1.200 ex.
10 Francs 1956 Pattern
Lec. 15 var. "Essai" punched in the planchet
Algérie 5 dinars 1974 essai - Algeria probe pattern
Algérie 5 dinars 1974 essai - Algeria probe pattern
5 dinars 1974 Pattern
3.000 ex.
Algérie 10 dinars 1981 essai - Algeria probe pattern
Algérie 10 dinars 1981 essai - Algeria probe pattern
Algérie 10 dinars 1981 essai - Algeria probe pattern
10 dinars 1981 Pattern
2.670 ex.
5 Francs 1956 Pattern plain edge
Lec. 13 - 2.300 ex.
10 Francs 1956 Pattern plain edge
Lec. 15 - 2.300 ex.
25 Francs 1956 Pattern reeded edge
Lec. 17 - 2.300 ex.
AEF Cameroun 5 Francs 1958 essai - Cameroon
AEF Cameroun 5 Francs 1958 essai - Cameroon
5 Francs 1958 Pattern
Lec. 26 - 2.030 ex.
AEF Cameroun 10 Francs 1958 essai - Cameroon
AEF Cameroun 10 Francs 1958 essai - Cameroon
AEF Cameroun 25 Francs 1958 essai - Cameroon
AEF Cameroun 25 Francs 1958 essai - Cameroon
Cameroun 1 Franc Essai 1969 - Cameroon
Cameroun 1 Franc Essai 1969 - Cameroon
1 Franc 1969 Pattern
25 Francs 1958 Pattern
Lec. 30 - 2.030 ex.
10 Francs 1958 Pattern
Lec. 28 - 2.030 ex.
Centrafric
Indo-China
10 cents 1945 Pattern
Lec. 185 - 1.100 ex.
West Africa
1 Franc 1961 Pattern
in "Monnaies de Paris" plastic box
West Africa
100 Francs 1967 Pattern
in BCEAO box
BCEAO Afrique de l'Ouest 1 Franc 1976 essai
BCEAO Afrique de l'Ouest 1 Franc 1976 essai
West Africa- BCEAO
1 Franc 1976 Pattern
in "Monnaies de Paris" sealed plastic bag
1.900 ex.
BCEAO Afrique de l'Ouest 1 Franc 1976 essai
French West Africa
1 Franc 1948 Pattern
Lec. 4 - 2.000 ex.
2 Francs 1948 Pattern
Lec. 9 - 2.000 ex.
Centrafrique - tchad - Gabon 50 francs 1961
Centrafrique - tchad - Gabon 50 francs 1961
50 Francs 1961 Pattern
Central Bank Centrafrique - Chad - Gabon
Afrique equatoriale française 1 F 1948 - French Equatorial Africa
Afrique equatoriale française 1 F 1948 - French Equatorial Africa
1 Franc 1948 Pattern
Lec. 13 - 2.000 ex.
50 Francs 1976 letter A Pattern
1.900 ex.
BEAC 50 Francs 1976 lettre B
BEAC 50 Francs 1976 lettre B
50 Francs 1976 lettre B Pattern
1.900 ex.
in "Monnaies de Paris" sealed plastic bag
BEAC 50 francs 1976 A ESSAI
BEAC 50 francs 1976 A ESSAI
Essai 100 Francs 1971
1.450 ex.
La Reunion Island
5 Francs 1955 Pattern
Lec. 69 - 1.200 ex.
25 Piastres 1980 Pattern
1.900 ex.
Lebanon
10 Piastres 1972 Pattern
1.300 ex.
20 cents 1945 Pattern
Lec. 250 - 1.100 ex.
20 cents 1945 PIEFORT Pattern
Lec. 249 - 104 ex.
Indochine - 20 cents 1945 Essai - Indo China
Indochine - 20 cents 1945 Essai - Indo China
Indochine - 20 cents 1945 Essai - Indo China
Indochine - 20 cents 1945 Essai - Indo China
20 cents 1945 Pattern
Lec. 250 - 1.100 ex.
Indochine - 1/2 cent 1935 Essai - Indo China
Indochine - 1/2 cent 1935 Essai - Indo China
half cent 1935 Pattern
Lec. 26
Gabon - 500 Francs essai 1985
Gabon - 500 Francs essai 1985
100 Francs 1985 Pattern
1.700 ex.
10 cents 1952 Piefort pattern
Lec. 2 - 104 ex.
Oceanie 2 francs essai incuse sans listel french polynesia oceania
Oceanie 2 francs essai incuse sans listel french polynesia oceania
rwanda essai 1977 monnaie de paris
rwanda essai 1977 monnaie de paris
50 Francs 1977 Pattern
1 Franc 1948 Pattern
Lec. 18 - 2.000 ex.
2 Francs 1948 Pattern
incuse strike - no rim
Lec. 7 - 1.100 ex.
Congo
100 Francs 1971 Pattern
in sealed plastic bag
1.450 ex.
2 Francs 1964 Pattern
Lec. 34 - 1.700 ex.
Comoros
100 Francs 1977 FAO Pattern
1.900 ex.
25 Francs 1982 FAO Pattern
1.900 ex.
5 Francs 1984 Pattern
in "Monnaies de Paris" sealed plastic bag
1.700 ex.
Laos - 10 cents Essai Piefort 1952 - Piedfort
Laos - 10 cents Essai Piefort 1952 - Piedfort
5 dinars 1972 Pattern
3.000 ex.
10 Francs 1964 Pattern
Lec. 38 - 1.700 ex.
5 Francs 1964 Pattern
Lec. 36 - 1.700 ex.
Maroc 1 Franc 1371 Pattern (1952)
Lec. 227 - 1.100 ex.