1890, Comoros (Sultanate), Said Ali. Silver 5 Francs Coin. 2,050 Struck! NGC AU+

1890, Comoros (Sultanate), Said Ali. Mint Place: Paris (A) Ruler: Said Ali (Sultan) Denomination: 5 Francs Mint Year: 1890 (AH 1308) Reference: Davenport 9, KM-3. Mint Official: Karol Gronau K. Certified and graded by NGC as AU Details: Cleaned! 900 Diameter: 38mm Weight: 25gm. Obverse: Arabic legend around Khanjar (traditional dagger) with a small knife attached to it, bow, cannon, pistol, arrows and what two small coins. Date (AH 1308) below (on the picture to right).

Sultan Said Ali, Nzazidja, Grande Comore. Reverse: Crossed French (Republic of France) and Comoran (Sultanate Ngazidja) flangs below crescent with star inside between arabic inscriptions. Mint letter (A) below, flanked by privy marks of the Paris mint. The Comoros served as a way station for merchants sailing to the Far East and India until the opening of the Suez Canal significantly reduced traffic passing through the Mozambique Channel.

The native commodities exported by the Comoros were coconuts, cattle and tortoiseshell. French settlers, French-owned companies, and wealthy Arab merchants established a plantation-based economy that used about one-third of the land for export crops. After its annexation, France converted Mayotte into a sugar plantation colony. The other islands were soon transformed as well, and the major crops of ylang-ylang, vanilla, coffee, cocoa beans, and sisal were introduced. In 1886, Mohéli was placed under French protection by its Sultan Mardjani Abdou Cheikh. In 1908 the islands were unified under a single administration (Colonie de Mayotte et dépendances) and placed under the authority of the French colonial governor general of Madagascar. In 1909, Sultan Said Muhamed of Anjouan abdicated in favour of French rule. In 1912 the colony and the protectorates were abolished and the islands became a province of the colony of Madagascar.

Agreement was reached with France in 1973 for the Comoros to become independent in 1978. The deputies of Mayotte abstained.

Referendums were held on all four of the islands. Three voted for independence by large margins, while Mayotte voted against, and remains under French administration.

On 6 July 1975, however, the Comorian parliament passed a unilateral resolution declaring independence. Ahmed Abdallah proclaimed the independence of the Comorian State (État comorien;) and became its first president. , officially the Union of the Comoros Comorian. , is an island country in the Indian Ocean located at the northern end of the Mozambique Channel off the eastern coast of Africa between northeastern Mozambique, the french region of Mayotte and northwestern Madagascar. The capital and largest city in Comoros is Moroni.

The religion of the majority of the population is Sunni Islam. At 1,660 km2 (640 sq mi), excluding the contested island of Mayotte, the Comoros is the third-smallest African nation by area.

The population, excluding Mayotte, is estimated at 795,601. As a nation formed at a crossroads of different civilisations, the archipelago is noted for its diverse culture and history.

The archipelago was first inhabited by Bantu speakers who came from East Africa, supplemented by Arab and Austronesian immigration. The sovereign state is an archipelago consisting of three major islands and numerous smaller islands, all in the volcanic Comoro Islands. The major islands are commonly known by their French names: northwestern-most Grande Comore (Ngazidja); Mohéli (Mwali); and Anjouan (Nzwani). In addition, the country has a claim on a fourth major island, southeastern-most Mayotte (Maore), though Mayotte voted against independence from France in 1974, has never been administered by an independent Comoros government, and continues to be administered by France (currently as an overseas department). France has vetoed United Nations Security Councilresolutions that would affirm Comorian sovereignty over the island.

In addition, Mayotte became an overseas department and a region of France in 2011 following a referendum passed overwhelmingly. It became part of the French colonial empire in the end of 19th century before becoming independent in 1975. Since declaring independence, the country has experienced more than 20 coups d'état or attempted coups, with various heads of state assassinated.

[9] Along with this constant political instability, the population of the Comoros lives with the worst income inequality of any nation, with a Gini coefficient over 60%, while also ranking in the worst quartile on the Human Development Index. [10] The French insular region of Mayotte, which is the much prosperous territory in the Mozambique Channel, is the major destination for Comorian illegal migrants who flee their country. The Comoros is a member state of the African Union, Francophonie, Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, Arab League (of which it is the southernmost state, being the only member state of the Arab League with a tropical climate and also entirely within the Southern Hemisphere) and the Indian Ocean Commission. Other countries near the Comoros are Tanzania to the northwest and the Seychelles to the northeast.

Its capital is Moroni, on Grande Comore. The Union of the Comoros has three official languagesComorian, Arabic and French.

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Composition: Silver
Country/Region of Manufacture: Comoros
Certification: NGC
KM Number: 3
Year: 1890