Issuer French West Africa
Period French Union (1946-1958)
Type Standard circulation coin
Year 1956
Value 10 Francs
Currency CFA franc (French West Africa, 1944-1958)
Composition Aluminium-bronze
Weight 4 g
Diameter 23.5 mm
Thickness 1.6 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Obverse
Marianne's head, facing left, wearing a Phrygian cap with traditional French cockade dividing the date along with the privy mark above 19 of date (the wing was the symbol of Engraver General at the time of striking) along with the mintmark (a cornucopia was the symbol of Monnaie de Paris) and the G.B.L. Bazor signature on the collar.
Script: Latin
Reverse
Leptoceros gazelle head within stalks of maize divides denomination;
rim at the top is linked sorghum (an agricultural food crop).
What's in the box
1 x Coin
