Country:

French West Africa

Series:

1948~1957 - Franc CFA

Catalog codes:

World Coins km3

Themes:

Animals (Fauna) | Antelopes | Cornucopias (Horn of Plenty) | Crops | Legends | Mammals | Plants (Flora) | Women

Issued on:

1948

Last issue date:

1955

Distribution:

Standard Circulation

Mints:

Monnaie de Paris (A), Paris, France

Composition:

Aluminium

Edge:

Plain/smooth

Orientation:

Coin alignment ↑O↓

Shape:

Circular

Rim:

Raised. Not decorated. Both sides

Weight:

1.3 grams

Diameter:

23 mm

Thickness:

1.2 mm

Face value:

1 CFA - West African CFA franc

Known mintage:

35,310,000

Composition Details:

~ 99% aluminium

Score:

45% Accuracy: Very High

Description:

Front: Bust of a Rhim gazelle (front, Gazella leptoceros)
at the center of wreath design of maize and flowers
between (value, left) 1 (right) F. (franc)
legend: (above) arc with 10 bunches of grapes
(below, colony name) AFRIQUE OCCIDENTALE FRANÇAISE
Back: Bust French lady "Libertine" (left) with Phrygian cap with wings
in front of ships in a harbor
designer: (lower-left) L.BAZOR (Lucien, lower-right) GB
legend: (proprietor, left) REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE
(right) UNION FRANÇAISE
(bottom-left, mint director's privy mark) Cornucopia (c, Paris Mint)
(bottom, year) 1948 1955
(bottom-right, Engraver general's privy mark)
Wing (w, Lucien Bazor, 1931-1958)
Edge: P - plain, type: П
Formerly known as: y3