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25 000 Francs CFA General Gnassingbe Eyadema, Essai
| Issuer | Togo |
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| Year | 1977 |
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| Value | 25 000 Francs CFA |
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| Obverse description | The national coat of arms of the République Togolaise occupies the central field, featuring two rampant lions flanking a central shield bearing the monogram 'RT', surmounted by two crossed national flags with a scroll inscribed with the national motto. The denomination '25000 FRANCS CFA' is rendered in large characters along the lower periphery, while the legend 'REPUBLIQUE TOGOLAISE' arcs around the upper border. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Essai pieces from francophone West Africa in this period were produced almost exclusively for the French collector market and government archives — actual circulation of a 25,000 CFA denomination in aluminium was never intended. Eyadéma had seized power in Togo in 1967, the continent's first modern military coup led by an enlisted soldier rather than an officer, and by 1977 his regime was consolidating a personality cult that extended into commemorative coinage.
The aluminium composition confirms this as a pattern or trial strike. KM#E15 is seldom encountered outside specialist West African collections.