Coin Set – West African States

Complete first set of coins

CFA franc after decolonization.

In addition to the practical reason

definitions of material values,

brass weights also had a cultural

importance in West Africa.

They served, for example, as a wedding dowry,

and a complete set of such weights was

symbol of financial position.

Ashanti copper weight in the shape of a sawfish

today depicted on the logo of the Central Bank

West African States, which is depicted

on all obverses of this set of CFA francs.

The reverse depicts a gazelle,

various food and export products,

locals at the water column

and a female agronomist with a test tube.

– African traditions

– Including bimetallic coins

– West African Economic and Monetary Union