100 Francs 1950, French West Africa
| in Krause book | Number: 40 |
| Years of issue: | 22.12.1950 |
| Edition: | -- |
| Signatures: | Le Président: M. de Coppet, Le Directeur Gal: E. Poilay |
| Serie: | Banque de l'Afrique Occidentale |
| Specimen of: | 10.05.1945 |
| Material: | Cotton fiber |
| Size (mm): | 161 х 91 |
| Printer: | National printing office, Paris |
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Description
Watermark:
The African men.
Avers:
Half-naked woman with a bowl of fruit. In a bowl - corn, a sprig of coffee fruit, bananas.
Around - numerous flowers, among which clearly visible corn (mais), pineapples and banana plants.
The exact definition of flowers is being carried out by me at the present time.
Denomination in numeral and in words are in top left corner, in numeral - in top right corner.
Revers:
Family of three is in the foreground.
On background are the cattle N'Dama. They are a breed of cattle from West Africa, of the Bos taurus-type. Other names for them include Boenca or Boyenca (Guinea-Bissau), Fouta Jallon, Fouta Longhorn, Fouta Malinke, Futa, Malinke, Mandingo (Liberia), N'Dama Petite (Senegal). Originating in the Guinea highlands they are also found in southern Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Gambia, Mali, Côte d'Ivoire, Liberia, Nigeria and Sierra Leone. They are trypanotolerant, allowing them to be kept in tsetse fly infested areas.
In lower right corner is logo of the Banque de L'Afrique Occidentale.
Denominations in numerals are in top right and left corners.
Comments:
Designer: Sébastien Laurent.
Obverse engraver: A. Chapon
Reverse engraver: G. Beltrand.
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