Catalog
50 Francs
| Issuer | Banque de la République du Mali |
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| Year | 1960-1967 |
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| Size | 130 × 82 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | BANQUE DE LA RÉPUBLIQUE DU MALI CINQUANTE FRANCS LE 22 SEPTEMBRE 1960 TOUT CONTREFACTEUR ET COMPLICE SERONT PUNIS PAR LA LOI EN VIGUEUR (Translation: Bank of Republic of Mali Fifty Francs September 22, 1960 Any counterfeiter and accomplice will be punished by applicable law) |
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| Reverse lettering | 50 CINQUANTE FRANCS (Translation: Fifty Francs) |
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Mali's first independent currency series was printed in Prague rather than Paris — a pointed rejection of French monetary infrastructure at a moment when the newly formed Mali Federation had just broken from the CFA franc zone. The choice of Státní Tiskárna Cenin reflected the broader Non-Aligned posture of Modibo Keïta's government, which cultivated Eastern Bloc technical partnerships as a counterweight to continued French influence in West Africa.
The experiment was short-lived. Mali rejoined the West African franc zone in 1967, and this entire series was withdrawn. Notes from the earliest printings are noticeably scarcer than their catalog frequency suggests.