Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
25 Francs Essai
| Issuer | French West Africa |
|---|---|
| Year | 1956 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | 25 Francs (25 FCFA) |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Left-facing effigy of Marianne wearing a Phrygian cap, rendered in high relief with the engraver's signature G.B.L. BAZOR inscribed on the truncation. The divided date 19-56 appears at either side of the bust, with the G.B.L. privy mark positioned above the numerals 19. The circular legend REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE frames the design along the upper periphery. |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | 19 56 REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE G.B.L. BAZOR (Translation: French Republic) |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
Essai pieces for French West Africa were produced by the Paris Mint as presentation strikes submitted for official approval before production authorization. This particular type was never adopted for circulation — the federation itself dissolved in 1959 as individual territories moved toward independence, rendering several late-series essais obsolete before they could enter use.
KM#E5 survives almost exclusively in collector hands, its mintage almost certainly numbering in the dozens rather than thousands.