Catalog
100 Francs CFA Essai
| Issuer | Banque Centrale des États de l'Afrique Équatoriale et du Cameroun (BCEAC) |
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| Year | 1971 |
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| Thickness | 1.72 mm |
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| Obverse description | Three giant eland antelopes depicted in high relief, their heads and elongated spiral horns prominently rendered in a naturalistic style, set against a background of stylized savanna grasses. The animals face left in a dynamic three-quarter grouping, filling the central field. The engraver's signature 'G.B.BAZOR' appears to the right of the central motif. The circular legend 'REPUBLIQUE POPULAIRE DU CONGO' arcs around the upper periphery in raised Latin letters, with the Monnaie de Paris mint mark visible at lower left. |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIQUE POPULAIRE DU CONGO (Translation: People`s Republic of Congo) |
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The BCEAC was itself a transitional institution — established after France reorganized the franc zone arrangements for its former equatorial territories, it issued coinage for a bloc that included Chad, Central African Republic, Congo, Gabon, and Cameroon. Essai pieces from this issuer are scarce precisely because the bank's independent coinage mandate was short-lived; the BCEAC was absorbed into the BEAC in 1973, leaving only a narrow window for trial strikes under this authority.