Catalog
50 Bututs
| Issuer | The Gambia |
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| Year | 1998 |
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| Value | 50 Bututs |
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| Reverse description | A finely detailed front-facing bust of an African zebu (domestic humped ox), with prominent upward-curving horns framing the numeral 50 above, occupies the central field. The word BUTUTS is inscribed vertically along the left periphery in Latin script, while the Arabic legend بُتُوتْ appears along the right periphery. The composition presents a bold, naturalistic portrait of the animal with characteristic dewlap folds rendered beneath the neck. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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The Gambia's post-independence coinage has gone through several distinct phases tied directly to the country's political turbulence. This issue falls within the period following Yahya Jammeh's 1994 military coup, after which the new government systematically reworked the national currency series to distance it from the previous Jawara administration.
No significant die varieties or minting anomalies are documented for KM#58.