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Reunion
Sept 21, 2018 3:45:10 GMT -5
Post by Uncle Henry on Sept 21, 2018 3:45:10 GMT -5
Reunion (in French "Île de la Réunion") is an island in the Indian Ocean close to, and similar to, Mauritius; its central volcano, the Piton des Neiges, is, at 10,070 feet, much higher than that of Mauritius, Piton de la Petite Rivière Noire, at just 2,717 feet. Reunion is said to have been quite uninhabited until it was settled by Frenchmen in 1665. It is a place I would like to have visited but never did.
Population: 870,000
Language: French
Capital: Saint-Denis
The age of consent in Reunion is fifteen years, identical to that in the motherland.
Monetary system:
100 Centimes = 1 Franc
50 Centimes: 1896 AU $894
1 Franc: 1948 AU $19 1964 BU $20 1969 thick BU $20
1969 thin AU $19 ***1971
2 Francs: 1948 AU $19 1969 BU $29 ***1973
5 Francs: 1955 EF $15
10 Francs: 1955 BU $20 1962 BU $30 1964 BU $20 ***there are 2 types
20 Francs: 1955 BU $30 1964 BU $20
50 Francs: 1962 BU $26
100 Francs: 1964 BU $22
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