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<p>[QUOTE="chrisild, post: 1983134, member: 39"]Right, an essai piece is a trial or pattern piece. Nice design indeed. <a href="http://www.cgb.fr/etats-de-lafrique-de-louest-bceao-essai-de-1-franc-masque-antilope-1961-paris,fwo_319609,a.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cgb.fr/etats-de-lafrique-de-louest-bceao-essai-de-1-franc-masque-antilope-1961-paris,fwo_319609,a.html" rel="nofollow">Here</a> is one; the description also says "N° dans les ouvrages de référence : KM/WC.20/E3", so I guess that would be the KM number. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> That page does not say anything about the mintage.</p><p><br /></p><p>The gazelle/antelope was used a lot on early West African/BCEAO coins. The stylized fish on the other side is an old <a href="http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/foxweb/huntsearch/DetailedResults.fwx?collection=all&searchTerm=112936&mdaCode=GLAHM" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/foxweb/huntsearch/DetailedResults.fwx?collection=all&searchTerm=112936&mdaCode=GLAHM" rel="nofollow">gold weight</a>; the figure is the emblem of the <a href="http://www.bceao.int" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bceao.int" rel="nofollow">BCEAO</a> and still used on today's circulation coins ...</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="chrisild, post: 1983134, member: 39"]Right, an essai piece is a trial or pattern piece. Nice design indeed. [url=http://www.cgb.fr/etats-de-lafrique-de-louest-bceao-essai-de-1-franc-masque-antilope-1961-paris,fwo_319609,a.html]Here[/url] is one; the description also says "N° dans les ouvrages de référence : KM/WC.20/E3", so I guess that would be the KM number. :) That page does not say anything about the mintage. The gazelle/antelope was used a lot on early West African/BCEAO coins. The stylized fish on the other side is an old [url=http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/foxweb/huntsearch/DetailedResults.fwx?collection=all&searchTerm=112936&mdaCode=GLAHM]gold weight[/url]; the figure is the emblem of the [url=http://www.bceao.int]BCEAO[/url] and still used on today's circulation coins ... Christian[/QUOTE]
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