Coins issued on behalf of Sultan Said Ali ben Said Omar

Details of 5 franc coin: obverse

The inscription on the obverse of this coins, with translation in English, reads as follows:



  "Said Ali ibn Said Omar. Sultan of Ngazidja, may God almighty protect him."
 

To the right, but inside the enclosing text reproduced above, is the date, 1308 AH:

Notice that the arms in the centre of the coin are arranged in such a way as to spell "Ali" in Arabic characters.
 


Details of 5 franc coin: reverse

The inscription on the reverse of this coins, with translation in English, reads as follows:


"Protectorate of the glorious French republic. State of Ngazidja. May God protect her."

Mint and privy marks:

The mint mark at A is a letter "A", the pre-1880 mint mark of the Monnaie de Paris mint.

At B is the new mint mark of the Monnaie de Paris mint.

C is the privy mark of the chief engraver: the fasces mark of Jean Lagrange.


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