AFRICA: 
West African States
West African States pick 2b: 100 Francs from 1959
1959; ND. Dark brown, orange and multicolor. Mask at left, woman at right. Back: Woman at left, carving at lower center. Watermark: Women\'s head.
Collectors Comment: La costa di questa parte di Africa è sul meridionale oceano Atlantico, la maggior parte della quale nel senso est-ovest. Porzioni di questa costa erano conosciute con i nomi di Costa del grano, Costa d'oro e Costa d'Avorio. Le zone costiere hanno per la maggior parte clima tropicale, e una cintura di foresta tropicale seguiva una volta la costa attraverso questa fascia. Il nord e le terre continentali sono occupate dalla savana e quindi addentrandosi dal Sahel. In base alla ripartizione del mondo effettuata dalle Nazioni Unite, l'Africa Occidentale è una delle macroregioni in cui è divisa l'Africa. Essa include 16 Stati: Benin (Porto-Novo), Burkina Faso, Capo Verde (Praia), Costa d'Avorio, Gambia, Ghana (Accra), Guinea (Conakry), Guinea-Bissau (Bissau). Liberia (Monrovia), Mali (Bamako), Mauritania (Nouakchott), Niger (Niamey), Nigeria, Senegal (Dakar), Sierra (Freetown), Togo (Lomé).
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West African States pick 102Al: 500 Francs from 1959
A for Cote D'Ivoire (Ivory Coast). 1959-1964; ND. Brown, green and multicolor. Field workers at left, mask carving at right. Back: Woman at left, farmer on tractor at right. Watermark: Woman\'s head.
Collectors Comment: Lettera A (Yvori Coast) - Emissione 1977
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West African States pick 103Ae: 1000 Francs from 1959
A for Cote D'Ivoire (Ivory Coast). 1959-1965; ND. Brown, blue and multicolor. Man and woman at center. Back: Man with rope suspension bridge in background and pineapples. Watermark: Man\'s head.
Collectors Comment: Lettera A (Yvori Coast)
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West African States pick 107Aa: 1000 Francs from 1988
A for Cote D'Ivoire (Ivory Coast). 1988. Brown on multicolor underprint. Artwork at left, open pit mine at center, woman at right. Back: Wood carver with finished works. Watermark: Woman.
Collectors Comment: Lettera A (Costa d'Avorio)
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West African States pick 308Cq: 5000 Francs from 1992
C for Burkina Faso (Upper Volta). 1992. Black and red on multicolored underprint. Woman at left, fish and boats on shore at center, carving at right. Back: carvings, fishing boats, and a mask.
Collectors Comment: Lettera C (Alto Volta)
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West African States pick 312Cc: 2500 Francs from 1994
C for Burkina Faso (Upper Volta). (19)94. Deep purple and dark brown on lilac and multicolored underprint. Dam at center, young woman\'s head at right. Back: statue at left, harvesting and spraying of fruit at left center. Watermark: young woman\'s head.
Collectors Comment: Lettera C (B. Faso - Alto Volta)
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West African States pick 604Hm: 5000 Francs from 1961
H for Niger. 1961; 1965; ND. Blue, brown and multicolor. Bearded man at left, building at center. Back: Woman, corn grinders and huts.
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West African States pick 706Ka: 500 Francs from 1988
K for Senegal. 1988. Pale olive-green and multicolored. Artwork at left, long horn animals at center, man wearing hat at right. Back: cultivated palm at left, aerial view at center, mask at right. Watermark: woman in profile.
Collectors Comment: Lettera K (Senegal)
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West African States pick 706Ki: 500 Francs from 1986
K for Senegal. 1986. Pale olive-green and multicolored. Artwork at left, long horn animals at center, man wearing hat at right. Back: cultivated palm at left, aerial view at center, mask at right. Watermark: woman in profile.
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West African States pick 709Kl: 10000 Francs from 1977
K for Senegal. ND (1977-1992). Red-brown on multicolored underprint. Two men seated operating primitive spinning apparatus, woman with headwear at right. Back: figurine and girl at left, modern textile spinning machine at center. Watermark: woman with headwear.
Collectors Comment: Lettera K (Senegal) - Emissione 1991-1992
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West African States pick 710Kb: 500 Francs from 1992
K for Senegal. (19)92. Dark brown and dark green on multicolored underprint. Man at right, flood control dam at center. Back: farmer riding spray rig behind garden tractor at center, native art at left. Watermark: man.
Collectors Comment: Lettera K (Senegal)
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West African States pick 713Kd: 5000 Francs from 1995
K for Senegal. (19)95. Dark brown and deep blue on multicolored underprint. Woman wearing headdress adorned with cowrie shells at right, smelting plant at center. Back: women with children and various pottery at left center. Watermark: woman wearing headdress adorned with cowrie shells.
Collectors Comment: Lettera K (Senegal)
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West African States pick 811Ta: 1000 Francs from 1991
T for Togo. 1991. Dark brown-violet on tan, yellow and multicolor underprint. Workmen hauling peanuts to storage at center, woman's head at right. Back: Twin statues and mask at left, twowomen with baskets, elevated riverside storage bins in background Watermark: Woman's head.
Collectors Comment: Lettera T (Togo)
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West African States pick 814Th: 10000 Francs from 1999
T for Togo. 1999. Dark brown on multicolor underprint. Headman with scepter at right, skyscraper at center. Back: Native art at left, woman crossing vine bridge over river at center. Watermark: Headman with scepter.
Collectors Comment: Lettera T (Togo)