Telephone Token - Compagnie le Taxiphone (24 mm; copper-nickel; with dots) ND (1947-1955) front Telephone Token - Compagnie le Taxiphone (24 mm; copper-nickel; with dots) ND (1947-1955) back
Telephone Token - Compagnie le Taxiphone (24 mm; copper-nickel; with dots) ND (1947-1955) photo
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Telephone Token - Compagnie le Taxiphone 24 mm; copper-nickel; with dots ND

 
Copper-nickel 4.0 g 24.00 mm
Description
Location
France
Issuing company
Le Taxiphone (Société Anonyme Française d'Appareils Automatiques (SAFAA))
Period
Fourth Republic (1946-1958)
Type
Service tokens › Telecommunication tokens
Years
1947-1955
Composition
Copper-nickel
Weight
4.0 g
Diameter
24.00 mm
Thickness
1.10 mm
Shape
Round
Technique
Milled
Orientation
Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized
Yes
Updated
2024-11-13
References
Numista
N#125611
Rarity index
13%

Reverse

Point at the beginning and end of the text as well as the cornucopia of the Paris mint for FR12, different size gap between point and cornucopia for FR12-3 and "~-~" for FR16.

Script: Latin

Lettering: • COMPAGNIE LE TAXIPHONE •

Translation: Company Le Taxiphone.

Edge

Plain

Comment

Token used in telephones manufactured by Le Taxiphone, and produced in two mints: the state mint in Paris (mintmark cornucopia) and a private mint that left no mintmark, but replaced the Paris mintmark with a decoration (~•~).

Price

Date Mintage VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (1947-1955)  - - - - - -

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