Country:

Cameroon

Series:

1945~1960 - French Mandate (Franc CFA)

Catalog codes:

World Coins km12

Themes:

Animals (Fauna) | Antelopes | Mammals | Wreaths

Issued on:

1958

Last issue date:

1958

Distribution:

Standard Circulation

Mints:

Monnaie de Paris (A), Paris, France

Composition:

Aluminium-Bronze

Edge:

Reeded/grained

Orientation:

Coin alignment ↑O↓

Shape:

Circular

Rim:

Raised. Not decorated. Both sides

Weight:

7.56 grams

Diameter:

27.2 mm

Thickness:

2 mm

Face value:

25 ₣ - French Equatorial African franc

Known mintage:

12,002,030

Composition Details:

~ 81-63% copper, 9-27% tin, 10% aluminium

Score:

40% Accuracy: Very High

Description:

Front: (value) 25 FRANCS between mint marks
(left, mint director's privy mark) Cornuncopia (c, Paris, France)
(right, engraver general's privy mark) wing (w, Lucien Bazor, 1931-1958)
inside wreath
legend: none, a wreath of different crops
Back: Three heads of Kudu (left, antelope, Tragelaphus)
walking to the left through the grass
between (above) INSTITUT˹D˺'EMISSION
designer: (arced, low right) G.B.L.RAZOR (behind Kudu)
(bottom, year) 1958
legend: AFRIQUE EQUATOPIALE FRANSAIÇE
(bottom, French territory) CAMEROUN

Formerly known as: km10, y7 (as part of French Equatorial Africa)