Country:

French West Africa

Series:

1948~1957 - Franc CFA

Catalog codes:

World Coins km7

Themes:

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

Issued on:

1956

Last issue date:

1956

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:

8 grams

Diameter:

27 mm

Thickness:

2.08 mm

Face value:

25 CFA - West African CFA franc

Known mintage:

37,877,000

Score:

28% 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) 25 (right) Fs (francs)
legend: (above) arc with 10 bunches of grapes
(below, colony name) AFRIQUE OCCIDENTALE FRANÇAISE
Back: Bust French lady "Libertine" (left) with Phrygian cap
between (year, up-left) 19 (up-right) 56
designer: (incuse on truncation) G.B.L.BAZOR (Lucien)
legend: (upper-left, Engraver general's privy mark)
Wing (w, Lucien Bazor, 1931-1958)
(upper-right, mint director's privy mark) Cornucopia (c, Paris Mint)
(below. proprietor) REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE
Edge: P - plain, type: П
Formerly known as: y6

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