Coins 1955 year of issue

After World War II, the Protected Saar territory, which was under French rule until 1957, was separated from Germany. In the short term of the Saar Protectorate, the French authorities introduced their own currency here for assimilation with the French economy. The official currency of the Saar was only the French franc.
However, in 1954-1955, Saar began minting his own coins for the development of economic and financial relations within the country. Being a small administrative entity, Saar provided himself completely with cash flows.
In 1955, in the Protectorate Saar, a landmark coin of 100 francs was issued. The previous year, the Saar authorities minted only small coins - no more than 50 francs worth, which, moreover, were issued in small batches.
The one hundred franc coin was decorated with a coat of arms in the frame of a wreath and with a relief indicating the year of minting.
Since in 1957 the Saar became the 9th German land and the German mark completely supplanted the franc, the 100 franc coin minted in the Protectorate only lasted 2 years.
For collectors, this is a real rarity. Left in the hands after the centralized withdrawal, the hundred-franc coins of 1955 are still sold and bought, being a worthy decoration of any numismatic collection.