50 Francs CFA Essai

Issuer	Banque Centrale des États de l'Afrique Équatoriale et du Cameroun
Year	1961
Type	Coin pattern
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Obverse description	Three giant elands (Taurotragus derbianus) depicted in left-facing profile, rendered in high relief against a lightly detailed field suggestive of savanna vegetation, with the date 1961 inscribed in the exergue below. The circular legend reads BANQUE CENTRALE around the upper portion of the coin, with the member states REP. CENTRAFRICAIN · CONGO · GABON · TCHAD arranged along the lower periphery. The engravers' signatures GB · L · BAZOR appear within the design, referencing Gabriel Bernard and Lucien Bazor.
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Reverse lettering	ESSAI 50 FRANCS (Translation: Trial)
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Mint	Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date)
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