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1 CFA Franc
- Series:
- 1961~1973 - Circulation
- Catalog codes:
- Col:FR-ES-000001, WCC:km6
- Variants:
- Click to see variants
- Themes:
- Animals (Fauna) | Antelopes | Cornucopias (Horn of Plenty) | Mammals | Owls | Plants (Flora) | Wreaths
- Issued on:
- iInfringe
- Last issue date:
- CopyWrong
- 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:
- 22.5 mm
- Thickness:
- 1.5 mm
- Face value:
- 1 FCFA - Central African CFA franc
- Known mintage:
- 5,500,000
- Composition Details:
- Aluminium Al. 0.980Aluminium Al. 0.980
- Score:
- 70% Accuracy: High
- Description:
- ColnectScrp
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5 CFA Francs
- Series:
- 1961~1973 - Circulation
- Catalog codes:
- ColnectIsBest
- Variants:
- Click to see variants
- Themes:
- Animals (Fauna) | Antelopes | Mammals | Plants (Flora) | Wreaths
- Issued on:
- 1961
- Last issue date:
- 1962
- Distribution:
- Standard Circulation
- Mints:
- Monnaie de Paris (A), Paris, France
- Composition:
- Aluminium-Bronze
- Edge:
- Plain/smooth
- Orientation:
- Coin alignment ↑O↓
- Shape:
- Circular
- Rim:
- Raised. Not decorated. Both sides
- Weight:
- 3 grams
- Diameter:
- 21 mm
- Thickness:
- 1.4 mm
- Face value:
- 5 FCFA - Central African CFA franc
- Known mintage:
- 15,000,000
- Score:
- 63% Accuracy: High
- Description:
- Front: (large value) 5 FRANCS inside wreath
(upper-left, mint director's privy mark) Cornucopia (Paris Mint, France)
(upper-right, engraver general's privy mark)
owl (o, 1958-1974, Raymond Joly)
legend: none, a wreath of different crops
Back: Three busts of Kudu (left, antelope, Tragelaphus)
between (above, publisher) BANQUE CENTRALE
(below, arced year) 1961 or 1962 between high grass
Mint designer: G.B.L.RAZOR (right of truncation)
legend: (union) ETATS DE L'AFRIQUE CENTRALE
(below, former mandate) CAMEROUN
Note: France got it from League of Nations after defeat of Germany (1919)
Edge: P - plain, type: Î
Mintage:
1961(a): 10.000.000
1961(a) Essais (E1): unknown
1962(a): 5.000.000
Formerly known as: y1 - Buy Now:
10 CFA Francs
- Series:
- 1961~1973 - Circulation
- Catalog codes:
- Col:FR-ES-000003, WCC:km2
- Variants:
- Click to see variants
- Themes:
- Animals (Fauna) | Antelopes | Mammals | Plants (Flora) | Wreaths
- Issued on:
- VisitColnectCom
- Last issue date:
- ColnectIsBest
- Distribution:
- Standard Circulation
- Mints:
- Monnaie de Paris (A), Paris, France
- Composition:
- Aluminium-Bronze
- Edge:
- Plain/smooth
- Orientation:
- Coin alignment ↑O↓
- Shape:
- Circular
- Rim:
- Raised. Not decorated. Both sides
- Weight:
- 4 grams
- Diameter:
- 23.5 mm
- Thickness:
- 1.4 mm
- Face value:
- 10 FCFA - Central African CFA franc
- Known mintage:
- 15,000,000
- Score:
- 52% Accuracy: High
- Description:
- Front: (large value) 10 FRANCS inside wreath
(left, mint director's privy mark) Cornucopia (Paris Mint, France)
(right, engraver general's privy mark)
owl (o, 1958-1974, Raymond Joly)
legend: none, a wreath of different crops
Back: Three busts of Kudu (left, antelope, Tragelaphus)
between (above, publisher) BANQUE CENTRALE
(below, arced year) 1961 or 1962 between high grass
Mint designer: G.B.L.RAZOR (right of truncation)
legend: (union) ETATS DE L'AFRIQUE CENTRALE
(below, former mandate) CAMEROUN
Note: France got it from League of Nations after defeat of Germany (1919)
Edge: P - plain, type: Î
Formerly known as: y2 - Buy Now:
10 CFA Francs
- Series:
- 1961~1973 - Circulation
- Catalog codes:
- Col:FR-ES-000004, WCC:km2a
- Variants:
- Click to see variants
- Themes:
- Animals (Fauna) | Antelopes | Mammals | Plants (Flora) | Wreaths
- Issued on:
- 1965
- Last issue date:
- 1973
- Distribution:
- Standard Circulation
- Mints:
- Monnaie de Paris (A), Paris, France
- Composition:
- Aluminum-Nickel-Bronze
- Edge:
- Plain/smooth
- Orientation:
- Coin alignment ↑O↓
- Shape:
- Circular
- Rim:
- Raised. Not decorated. Both sides
- Weight:
- 4.05 grams
- Diameter:
- 23.5 mm
- Thickness:
- 1.3 mm
- Face value:
- 10 FCFA - Central African CFA franc
- Score:
- 39% Accuracy: Very High
- Description:
- from colnect.com
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25 CFA Francs
- Series:
- 1961~1973 - Circulation
- Catalog codes:
- VisitColnectCom
- Variants:
- Click to see variants
- Themes:
- Animals (Fauna) | Antelopes | Cornucopias (Horn of Plenty) | Mammals | Owls | Plants (Flora) | Wreaths
- Issued on:
- VisitColnectCom
- Last issue date:
- iInfringe
- Distribution:
- Standard Circulation
- Mints:
- Monnaie de Paris (A), Paris, France
- Composition:
- Aluminium-Bronze
- Edge:
- Plain/smooth
- Orientation:
- Coin alignment ↑O↓
- Shape:
- Circular
- Rim:
- Raised. Not decorated. Both sides
- Weight:
- 8 grams
- Diameter:
- 27 mm
- Face value:
- 25 FCFA - Central African CFA franc
- Known mintage:
- 6,000,000
- Score:
- 56% Accuracy: High
- Description:
- Front: (large value) 25 FRANCS inside wreath
(left, mint director's privy mark) Cornucopia (Paris Mint, France)
(right, engraver general's privy mark)
owl (o, 1958-1974, Raymond Joly)
legend: none, a wreath of different crops
Back: Three busts of Kudu (left, antelope, Tragelaphus)
between (above, publisher) BANQUE CENTRALE
(below, arced year) 1962 between high grass
Mint designer: G.B.L.RAZOR (right of truncation)
legend: (union) ETATS DE L'AFRIQUE CENTRALE
(below, former mandate) CAMEROUN
Note: France got it from League of Nations after defeat of Germany (1919)
Edge: P - plain, type: Î
Mintage:
1962(c+o): 6.000.000
1962(c+o) Essai (E5): unknown
Formerly known as: y3 - Buy Now:
- 1 sale offer for US$ 7.19
25 CFA Francs
- Series:
- iInfringe
- Catalog codes:
- Col:FR-ES-000006, WCC:km4a
- Variants:
- VisitColnectCom
- Themes:
- ColnectScrp
- Issued on:
- 1968
- Last issue date:
- 1973
- Distribution:
- VisitColnectCom
- Mints:
- ColnectIsBest
- Composition:
- VisitColnectCom
- Edge:
- from colnect.com
- Orientation:
- ColnectIsBest
- Shape:
- iInfringe
- Rim:
- ColnectScrp
- Weight:
- from colnect.com
- Diameter:
- VisitColnectCom
- Thickness:
- CopyWrong
- Face value:
- ColnectScrp
- Known mintage:
- from colnect.com
- Score:
- iInfringe
- Description:
- Front: (large value) 25 FRANCS inside wreath
(left, mint director's privy mark) Cornucopia (Paris Mint, France)
(right, engraver general's privy mark)
owl (o, 1958-1974, Raymond Joly)
legend: none, a wreath of different crops
Back: Three busts of Kudu (left, antelope, Tragelaphus)
between (above, arced publisher) BANQUE CENTRALE
(below, arced year) 1968 - 1973 between high grass
Mint designer: (right of truncation) G.B.L.RAZOR (Gerard Lucien)
legend: (above, union) ETATS DE L'AFRIQUE CENTRALE
(below, former mandate) CAMEROUN
Note: France got it from League of Nations after defeat of Germany (1919)
Edge: P - plain, type: Î
Formerly known as: y3 - Buy Now:
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50 CFA Francs
- Series:
- 1961~1973 - Circulation
- Catalog codes:
- Col:FR-ES-000007, WCC:km3
- Variants:
- Click to see variants
- Themes:
- Animals (Fauna) | Antelopes | Cornucopias (Horn of Plenty) | Mammals | Owls | Plants (Flora) | Wreaths
- Issued on:
- ColnectScrp
- Last issue date:
- CopyWrong
- Distribution:
- Standard Circulation
- Mints:
- Monnaie de Paris (A), Paris, France
- Composition:
- Copper-Nickel
- Edge:
- Reeded/grained
- Orientation:
- Coin alignment ↑O↓
- Shape:
- Circular
- Rim:
- Raised. Not decorated. Both sides
- Weight:
- 12 grams
- Diameter:
- 31 mm
- Thickness:
- 2.15 mm
- Face value:
- 50 FCFA - Central African CFA franc
- Known mintage:
- 10,001,550
- Composition Details:
- 75% copper, 25% nickel75% copper, 25% nickel
- Score:
- 44% Accuracy: Very High
- Description:
- iInfringe
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100 CFA Francs (double thick)
- Series:
- 1961~1973 - Circulation
- Catalog codes:
- Col:FR-ES-000008, WCC:km5
- Variants:
- Click to see variants
- Themes:
- Animals (Fauna) | Antelopes | Mammals
- Issued on:
- 1966
- Last issue date:
- 1968
- Distribution:
- Standard Circulation
- Mints:
- Monnaie de Paris (A), Paris, France
- Composition:
- Nickel
- Edge:
- Reeded/grained
- Orientation:
- Coin alignment ↑O↓
- Shape:
- Circular
- Rim:
- Raised. Not decorated. Both sides
- Weight:
- 11.71 grams
- Diameter:
- 25.2 mm
- Thickness:
- 2.9 mm
- Face value:
- 100 FCFA - Central African CFA franc
- Known mintage:
- 18,000,000
- Composition Details:
- ~98% nickel~98% nickel
- Score:
- 52% Accuracy: High
- Description:
- Obverse: Arted rimmed face value 100/ FRANCS, date at top 1966 or 1967 or 1968. Around the rim, arted with 8 segments whereof (above/below) 4 with four waves between dots, (left/right) 4 with three arcs around dots.
Reverse: Three busts of Kudu antelope to left (Tragelaphus) above high grass, designers ↺ at right G.B.L.RAZOR (Gabriel Bernard, Lucien Bazor). Issuer at top BANQUE CENTRALE (Central Bank), up-left, mint director's privy mark, Cornucopia (Paris Mint, France) and up-right, engraver general's privy mark owl (o, 1958-1974, Raymond Joly), Union of countries ⤻ at bottom ETATS ᴅᴇ L'AFRIQUE EQUATORIALE (Equatorial African States).
Edge: G - grained, type: bars
Note: issue was double thick so not considered a piedfort
Mintage:
1966(a): 6.000.000 formerly known: 9.948.000
1966(a) ESSAI (E6): unknown
1967(a): 5.800.000 formerly known: 11.000.000
1968(a): 6.200.000
Formerly known as: y5 - Buy Now:
5 CFA Francs
- Series:
- VisitColnectCom
- Catalog codes:
- Col:FR-ES-000009, WCC:km1a
- Variants:
- from colnect.com
- Themes:
- VisitColnectCom
- Issued on:
- 1965
- Last issue date:
- 1973
- Distribution:
- ColnectIsBest
- Mints:
- ColnectScrp
- Composition:
- CopyWrong
- Edge:
- CopyWrong
- Orientation:
- iInfringe
- Shape:
- from colnect.com
- Rim:
- VisitColnectCom
- Weight:
- ColnectScrp
- Diameter:
- from colnect.com
- Thickness:
- ColnectIsBest
- Face value:
- ColnectIsBest
- Known mintage:
- iInfringe
- Score:
- ColnectScrp
- Description:
- from colnect.com
- Buy Now:
- ColnectIsBest
50 CFA Francs (Essai Gold)
- Series:
- Patterns
- Catalog codes:
- ColnectScrp
- Variants:
- Click to see variants
- Themes:
- Animals (Fauna) | Antelopes | Cornucopias (Horn of Plenty) | Mammals | Owls | Plants (Flora) | Wreaths
- Issued on:
- VisitColnectCom
- Last issue date:
- CopyWrong
- Distribution:
- Pattern Coinage
- Mints:
- Monnaie de Paris (A), Paris, France
- Composition:
- Gold
- Edge:
- Plain/smooth
- Orientation:
- Coin alignment ↑O↓
- Shape:
- Circular
- Rim:
- Raised. Not decorated. Both sides
- Weight:
- 15 grams
- Diameter:
- 30.5 mm
- Face value:
- 50 FCFA - Central African CFA franc
- Known mintage:
- 6
- Composition Details:
- 917/1000 Gold .xxx AGW, 83/1000 copper917/1000 Gold .xxx AGW, 83/1000 copper
- Score:
- 95% Accuracy: Medium
- Description:
- Obverse: Large face value 50 / FRANCS (francs), type at top ᴇssᴀɪ inside wreath, mint director's privy mark at left, Cornucopia (Paris Mint, France), engraver general's privy mark at right owl (o, 1958-1974, Raymond Joly).
Reverse: Three busts of Kudu antelope to left (Tragelaphus); Issuer ↷ at top BANQUE CENTRALE (central bank), date ⤻ at bottom 1961 between high grass, designers ⤸ at right G.B.L.RAZOR (Gabriel Bernard, Lucien Bazor). Union of countries ↻ around ETATS ᴅᴇ L'AFRIQUE EQUATORIALE (Equatorial African States), members ⤻ at bottom REP.CENTRAFRICAINE CONGO GABON TCHAD. - Buy Now: