25 Francs CFA Essai

Issuer	Banque Centrale des États de l'Afrique de l'Ouest (BCEAO)
Year	1970
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Diameter	27 mm
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Obverse description	The obverse features a stylized West African tribal mask rendered in fine relief at center, its elongated form flanked by the large numerals '2' and '5' denoting the denomination, with the word 'FRANCS' inscribed below in the lower field. The circular legend 'BANQUE CENTRALE DES ETATS DE L'AFRIQUE DE L'OUEST' runs along the full periphery, interrupted at the base by a raised dot serving as a separator. The word 'ESSAI' appears in small capitals beneath 'FRANCS', confirming the trial piece status of this issue. A small map motif of the African continent is visible in the upper right field. The overall design is executed in a bold, modernist style characteristic of mid-twentieth-century French colonial monetary art.
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Obverse lettering	25 FRANCS BANQUE CENTRALE DES ETATS DE L'AFRIQUE DE L'OUEST ESSAI (Translation: Central Bank of [the] West African States Trial)
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