Official territory name: French West Africa
French West Africa was a federation of eight French colonial territories in West Africa: Mauritania, Senegal, French Sudan (now Mali), French Guinea (now Guinea), Ivory Coast, Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso), Dahomey (now Benin) and Niger. The federation existed from 1895 until 1958. Its capital was Saint-Louis in Senegal until 1902, and then Dakar until the federation’s collapse in 1960.
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Territory state: Last issue
INSTITUT D’ÉMISSION DE L’AFRIQUE OCCIDENTALE FRANÇAISE (A.O.F.) ET DU TOGO
- 1955-1956 Issue
50 francs P-44; B-NL Color: Multicolor Dimensions: 149 x 80 mm
Front: Man; two women.
Back: Banana harvest.
Security thread: None.
Printer: Banque de France (France) – BF.
Watermark: Unknown.
Signatures: R. Tezenas du Montcel & R. Julienne.
| Description | VG | VF | UNC |
| a. Date: 05.10.1955. | 60. | 225. | 500. |
50 francs P-45; B-NL Color: Multicolor Dimensions: 118 x 76 mm
Front: 3 women.
Back: Woman, Abidjan.
Security thread: None.
Printer: Banque de France (France) – BF.
Watermark: Unknown.
Signatures: R. Tezenas du Montcel & R. Julienne.
| Description | VG | VF | UNC |
| a. Date: ND (1956). | 3.50 | 15. | 75. |
100 francs P-46; B-NL Color: Multicolor Dimensions: 130 x 85 mm
Front: Woman.
Back: Woman.
Security thread: None.
Printer: Banque de France (France) – BF.
Watermark: Unknown.
Signatures: R. Tezenas du Montcel & R. Julienne.
| Description | VG | VF | UNC |
| a. Date: 23.10.1956. | 6.00 | 25. | 100. |
| b. Date: 20-05-1957. | 6.00 | 25. | 100. |
500 francs P-47; B-NL Color: Multicolor Dimensions: 139 x 90 mm
Front: Fieldwork, cast bronze head.
Back: Woman, tractor.
Security thread: None.
Printer: Banque de France (France) – BF.
Watermark: Unknown.
Signatures: R. Tezenas du Montcel & R. Julienne.
| Description | VG | VF | UNC |
| a. Date: 23.10.1956. | 30. | 100. | 350. |
1000 francs P-48; B-NL Color: Multicolor Dimensions: 192 x 104 mm
Front: Woman, gazelles.
Back: Woman.
Security thread: None.
Printer: Banque de France (France) – BF.
Watermark: Unknown.
Signatures: R. Tezenas du Montcel & R. Julienne.
| Description | VG | VF | UNC |
| a. Date: 05.10.1955. | 125. | 225. | 550. |