Mint Year: 1954 Mint Place: Paris Reference: KM-1, KM-2. Denomination: 10 Franken, 20 Franken Condition: Minor spots, otherwise AU-UNC! Material: Aluminum-Bronze Diameter: 20mm, 23.8mm Weight: 3gm, 4gm
The Saar Protectorate (German: Saarprotektorat; French: Protectorat de la Sarre), officially and commonly known as Saarland (French: Sarre), was a French protectorate and a disputed territory separated from Germany. On joining West Germany in 1957, it became the smallest "federal state" (Bundesland), the Saarland, not counting the "city states" (Stadtstaaten) of Berlin, Hamburg, and Bremen. It is named after the Saar River.