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World Paper Money > Upper Senegal & Niger

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Gouvernement General de l'Afrique Occidentale Francaise Haut-Senegal-Niger
1a .50 Franc D. 11.2.1917
Grade: PMG AU 55    

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One of the rarest of the World War I French emergency small change issues is this epic type from Upper Senegal and Niger. Several years ago, one prominent authority believed that only five or six existed; that number is a little higher now. Upper Senegal and Niger was the precursor to French Sudan; the name change occurred following World War I. The Standard Catalog states that a 1 and/or 2 Francs "probably exist"; I have NEVER heard of any kind of report indicating this to be the case. PMG terms this "AU 55 previously mounted"; error label calling this Senegal.

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