fwo_1091934 - WEST AFRICAN STATES (BCEAO) Essai de 25 Francs BCEAO 1970 Paris
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Type : Essai de 25 Francs BCEAO
Date: 1970
Mint name / Town : Paris
Quantity minted : 1450
Metal : bronze-aluminium
Diameter : 27 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 8,05 g.
Edge : striée
Rarity : R1
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : BANQUE CENTRALE DES ÉTATS DE L’AFRIQUE DE L’OUEST / 25 / FRANCS / ESSAI.
Obverse description : Masque emblème de la BCEAO.
Reverse
Reverse legend : 1970.
Reverse description : Antilope de face dans un collier de café.
Historical background
WEST AFRICAN STATES (BCEAO)
(1956-)
The Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO) is the principal monetary institution of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU), which comprises Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Mali, Niger, Senegal, and Togo. Its headquarters are located in Dakar. It succeeded the French West Africa and Togo Issuing Institute. The Bank of France guarantees the convertibility of the CFA franc into the French franc and, from 1999, into the euro..
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