Country:

French West Africa

Series:

1948~1957 - Franc CFA

Catalog codes:

World Coins km9

Themes:

Animals (Fauna) | Antelopes | Cornucopias (Horn of Plenty) | Crops | Fishes | Mammals | Nuts | Plants (Flora)

Issued on:

1957

Last issue date:

1957

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 mm

Face value:

25 CFA - West African CFA franc

Known mintage:

30,000,000

Score:

30% Accuracy: Very High

Description:

Front: Stylized sawfish (above, Pristidae)
between (value, left) 2 (right) 5 (below) FRANCS
(upper-right, mint director's privy mark) Cornucopia (c, Paris Mint)
(up-right, engraver general's privy mark)
Wing (w, Lucien Bazor, 1931-1958)
legend: (above) INSTITUT ᴅ'EMISSION
(below, colony name) AFRIQUE OCCIDENTALE FRANÇAISE•TOGO
Note: because Togo was a protectate originally a German colony (1884-1918)
Back: Bust of a Rhim gazelle (front, Gazella leptoceros)
at the center of wreath design of maize and flowers
designer: (lower-left, arced) G.B.L.BAZOR (Lucien)
legend: (above) arc with 12 bunches of grapes
(lower-left/right) peanuts (Arachis hypogaea)
(bottom, year) 1957
Edge: P - plain, type: П
Formerly known as: y9