Coin set – Gambia

Complete set of first Gambian

coins with the national emblem.

Interesting coins are

first set from the Gambia featuring

national coat of arms on all obverses.

The unusual national coat of arms combines

knight’s helmet, oil palm,

two lions, an ax and a hoe.

While the two instruments symbolize

the importance of agriculture,

lions do not represent African wildlife,

but originate in history as part of

British Empire and its heraldic figures.

The reverses of the coins depict Gambian animals.

and plants, as well as a sailboat.

Among the species depicted are the peanut, the double-spurred spur,

oil palm, Ankole cattle

and the West African narrow-faced crocodile.

– Heritage of the British colonial period

– Animals and plants of the Gambia

– Including seven-sided coin