Stack's Bowers & Ponterio
Collector's Choice Feb 2020 Auction 26-28 Feb 2020
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CHAD. 3000 Francs, ND (1970)-NI. NGC PROOF-66 Ultra Cameo.
Fr-4; KM-9. Issued to honor Félix Éboué. A few toning spots. .3038 of an ounce of pure gold contained. "Adolphe Sylvestre Félix Éboué (1884-1944) was a French colonial administrator and Free French leader. He was the first black French man appointed to a high post in the French colonies, when appointed as Governor of Guadeloupe in 1936. As governor of Chad (part of French Equatorial Africa) during most of World War II, he helped build support for Charles de Gaulle's Free French in 1940.... He supported educated Africans and placed more in the colonial administration, as well as supporting preservation of African culture. He was the first black person to have his ashes placed at the Pantheon in Paris after his death in 1944." --Wikipedia.
Fr-4; KM-9. Issued to honor Félix Éboué. A few toning spots. .3038 of an ounce of pure gold contained. "Adolphe Sylvestre Félix Éboué (1884-1944) was a French colonial administrator and Free French leader. He was the first black French man appointed to a high post in the French colonies, when appointed as Governor of Guadeloupe in 1936. As governor of Chad (part of French Equatorial Africa) during most of World War II, he helped build support for Charles de Gaulle's Free French in 1940.... He supported educated Africans and placed more in the colonial administration, as well as supporting preservation of African culture. He was the first black person to have his ashes placed at the Pantheon in Paris after his death in 1944." --Wikipedia.
Estimate: $500.00- $600.00