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FRENCH WEST AFRICA banknotes - French West African paper money catalog and history

French Colonies in West Africa: Benin, Burkina Faso, French Sudan (Mali), Guinea, Ivory Coast, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Togo.

A brief monetary history:
- Franc = 100 Centimes

For other issues see:
- French Sudan, 1917
- Ivory Coast, 1917, 1943
- Senegal, till 1917
For later issues after 1958 see:
- West African States (Benin, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Togo)
- Guinea, from 1958
- Mali, from 1960
- Mauritania, from1973

Pick #	Date
		French Colony (from 1958; Benin, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Togo)
5-15	1904-29	5, 25, 50, 100, 500, 1.000 francs; issued in Conakry, Dakar, Duala, Grand-Bassam, Porto-Novo or St.Louis
21-24	1934-45	5, 25, 100, 1.000 francs
25-27	1941-43	5, 5, 25 francs
28-32	1942-43	5, 10, 25, 100, 1.000 francs
33-35	(1944)	0.50, 1, 2 francs
36-43	1943-55	5, 10, 25, 50, 100, 500, 1.000, 5.000 francs
44-48	1955-56	50, 50, 100, 500, 1.000 francs

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