Bank of West Africa

This section is dedicated to the numismatics of monetary issues from the Bank of West Africa (BAO) and the Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO) since 1955. 

Explore the coins issued for the colonies and territories of French West Africa, including Ivory Coast, Dahomey (Benin), Guinea, Niger, Senegal, French Sudan (Mali) and Upper Volta (Burkina Faso). Discover the different denominations, types and vintages produced under the aegis of the Bank of West Africa, then under that of the BCEAO after the independence of the States.

Find detailed information on the technical characteristics of each coin: metal, weight, diameter, engraver and mintage. Analyze the symbols and motifs present on these currencies, testimonies of the economic and political history of West Africa during the colonial and post-colonial period.

This category is aimed at collectors of French coins, colonial coins and African coins interested in the monetary history of West Africa and its links with France.