10 Francs Independence

Descrizione del dritto	The obverse displays the national coat of arms of Senegal at center, depicting a quartered shield with a rampant lion on the dexter half and a baobab tree on the sinister half, encircled by an ornate wreath of laurel branches joined at the base by a ribbon. A single five-pointed star appears above the shield at the apex of the wreath. A row of small stars is arranged along the lower rim. The circular legend REPUBLIQUE DU SENEGAL is inscribed around the upper periphery in raised Latin characters.
Scrittura del dritto	Latin
Legenda del dritto	Accedi per vedere i dettagli
Descrizione del rovescio	Accedi per vedere i dettagli
Scrittura del rovescio	Accedi per vedere i dettagli
Legenda del rovescio	Accedi per vedere i dettagli
Bordo	Accedi per vedere i dettagli
Zecca	Accedi per vedere i dettagli
Tiratura	Accedi per vedere i dettagli
Informazioni aggiuntive	Senegal's 1968 gold issue commemorated the eighth anniversary of independence from France, struck the same year the country weathered serious political pressure following the May 1968 unrest that destabilized de Gaulle's government across the Atlantic — Dakar's own student and labor strikes that spring nearly brought down Léopold Sédar Senghor's administration. The coins were produced in limited quantities, primarily for presentation and international sale rather than domestic circulation, as gold coinage had no practical role in Senegal's franc-zone monetary arrangements.