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Obverse Description
French text; carved wooden mask; three houses in village with trees; woman carrying basket of fronds on her back
Reverse Description
French text; pluriarc (bow lute); man on tractor plowing field; mine conveyor bucket and towers
Catalog Information
GSID:
103457
Variety:
Diagonal black hollow SPECIMEN / NO # ovpt front; vertical SPECIMEN perf; all-zero s/n
BNB #:
B205as
Pick #:
P6
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Request Pricing No date Sig 2: Joudiou/Emane Printer: (Banque de France) Intaglio Series T 2 - O 3 Intro: 1974
Worth: $1 – $35
1-04-78 Sig 3: Oyé-Mba/Emane Printer: (François-Charles Oberthur Fiduciaire) Lithograph Series W 3 - M 4
Worth: $1 – $35
Diagonal black SPECIMEN / NO # ovpt front; vertical SPECIMEN perf; all-zero s/n
Diagonal boxed purple SPECIMEN stamp front/back; horizontal red # ovpt upper front; all-zero s/n
No ovpt; no perf; no sig ; no s/n
No date Sig 1: Joudiou/Renombo Wmk: Antelope head in half profile Printer: (Banque de France) Intaglio Series D 2 Intro: 1974
Worth: $10 – $170
Sig 2: Joudiou/Emane Series V 3 - A 4
Worth: $12 – $200
Wmk: Antelope head in profile Printer: (François-Charles Oberthur Fiduciaire) Lithograph Series G 6 - Z 7 Intro: 1978
Worth: $10 – $150
1-04-78 Sig 3: Oyé-Mba/Emane Series X 9
Worth: $5 – $90
1-01-83 Series N 10
Worth: $5 – $90
1-06-1984 Series O 10
Worth: $5 – $90
Diagonal SPECIMEN perf; all-zero s/n
No ovpt; no perf; all-zero s/n
Diagonal boxed red SPÉCIMEN ovpt front; all-zero s/n; Un Censeur sig different than issued note
No date Sig 1: Joudiou/Renombo Series D 1 Intro: 1974
Worth: $30 – $450
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