25 Francs CFA FAO

Features

Issuer	Western African States
Issuing bank	Central Bank of Western African States
Type	Circulating commemorative coins
Years	1980-2025
Value	25 Francs CFA 25 XOF = USD 0.044
Currency	CFA franc (1958-date)
Composition	Aluminium bronze
Weight	8 g
Diameter	27 mm
Thickness	2.2 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Coin alignment ↑↓
Number	N# 1800
References	KM# 9 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). , Schön# 19 Battenberg Gietl Verlag (publisher). Weltmünzkatalog. Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Bavaria, Germany (4 volumes).

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Commemorative issue

F.A.O.

Obverse

Emblem of Central Bank of West African States and denomination

Script: Latin

Lettering:
25 FRANCS
BANQUE CENTRALE DES ETATS DE L'AFRIQUE DE L'OUEST

Translation: Central Bank of [the] West African States

Engraver: Lucien Georges Bazor

Reverse

Laboratory assistant pouring liquid into a test tube.

Script: Latin

Lettering: 2013

Engraver: Atelier de Gravure (A.G.M.M. / AdG)

Edge

Reeded

Mint

Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date)

Marks

	Émile Rousseau, General coin engraver, Monnaie de Paris (1974-1994)
	Pierre Rodier, General coin engraver, Monnaie de Paris (1994-2000)
	Gérard Buquoy, Head of the engraving department, Monnaie de Paris (2000-2002)
	Serge Levet, Head of the engraving department, Monnaie de Paris (2002-2003)
	Hubert Larivière, Head of the engraving department, Monnaie de Paris (2003-2011)
	Yves Sampo, Head of the engraving department, Monnaie de Paris (2011-2020)
	Joaquin Jimenez, General coin engraver, Monnaie de Paris (2020-date)

Comments

From 2003, the mint mark and the mintmaster mark are inscribed on the reverse

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Date	Mintage	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC	Frequency
Undetermined
1980	7 825 800		$ 0.35	$ 1.20	$ 1.50	$ 2.30	$ 2.30	14%
1981	3 998 400		$ 0.78	$ 1.20	$ 1.20			7%
1982	8 001 600		$ 0.50	$ 0.50	$ 1.10	$ 1.30	$ 2.00	12%
1984	15 311 200		$ 0.29	$ 0.55	$ 0.55	$ 1.00	$ 2.30	11%
1987	9 000 000		$ 0.58	$ 1.10	$ 1.20	$ 1.70	$ 2.40	10%
1989	17 601 600			$ 1.20	$ 1.50	$ 1.80	$ 2.00	7%
1990	6 000 000		$ 0.17	$ 0.78	$ 2.30			6%
1991	1 685 000		$ 0.23	$ 0.68				4%
1992	6 000 000			$ 0.23				5%
1994	4 089 600							2.0%
1995	4 089 600		$ 0.14	$ 0.87				2%
1996	18 327 600	$ 0.15	$ 0.15	$ 0.84	$ 2.30			12%
1997	21 940 800		$ 0.58	$ 0.71	$ 0.75	$ 1.60	$ 2.10	18%
1999	20 649 600		$ 0.23	$ 0.35	$ 0.67	$ 1.20	$ 2.70	10%
2000	17 102 800				$ 1.50	$ 1.70	$ 1.70	7%
2001	5 380 800							2%
2002	19 108 800		$ 0.17	$ 0.35	$ 0.80	$ 1.10	$ 1.30	10%
2003	5 001 600			$ 0.58				2%
2004	3 600 000			$ 0.92	$ 0.92	$ 1.10	$ 1.30	9%
2005							$ 1.70	3%
2006								1.4%
2007							$ 2.30	3%
2008							$ 2.00	3%
2009				$ 0.40			$ 2.00	7%
2010		$ 0.14					$ 2.70	5%
2011					$ 0.92	$ 0.92	$ 0.92	5%
2012			$ 1.10	$ 1.10	$ 1.10	$ 1.40	$ 1.60	9%
2013				$ 0.96				4%
2014				$ 0.71			$ 1.50	2%
2015				$ 1.30			$ 1.40	3%
2016								1.7%
2017							$ 2.70	2%
2018							$ 2.70	1.0%
2019							$ 1.70	1.7%
2020					$ 1.50	$ 1.70	$ 2.10	2%
2021							$ 2.70	1.1%
2022								0.7%
2023							$ 2.80	0.9%
2024								0.3%
2025								0.10%

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