Catfish shaped brass weight of the Ashanti people for weighing gold dust, banana trees.
Reverse description
Antelopes (Kobus kob).
Signature(s)
Protection type
Watermark
Protection description
Sawfish
Obverse lettering
BANQUE CENTRALE DES ÉTATS DE L`AFRIQUE
DE L`OUEST
5000
CINQ MILLE FRANCS CFA (Translation: Central Bank of the West African States Five Thousand Francs CFA.)
Reverse lettering
BANQUE CENTRALE DES ÉTATS DE L`AFRIQUE
DE L`OUEST
5000
CINQ MILLE FRANCS CFA
BCEAO (Translation: Central Bank of the West African States Five Thousand Francs CFA)