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Cinquième anniversaire de la BCEAO
| Location | Western African States |
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| Year | 1967 |
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| Composition | Copper |
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| Obverse description | The obverse features a large stylized high-relief depiction of a monetary weight in the form of a sawfish (poisson-scie), an Akan goldweight motif, centrally placed against a field decorated with a geometric triangular border pattern. The legend BANQUE CENTRALE DES ETATS DE L'AFRIQUE DE L'OUEST is inscribed across the field to the right of the device, with the founding and anniversary dates 1 NOVEMBRE 1962 and 1 NOVEMBRE 1967 to the lower left. The engraver's initials RL appear in the lower exergue. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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