African Coins
All Around Africa
and Tokens
LATEST UPDATE AUGUST 2005 - SEE UPDATES PAGE FOR DETAILS
Modern African numismatics seem rather neglected on the web so I hope
to do a little to change that.
By mid-February 2001 I had made a good start to this section and by
2005 it is rather big !
For a quick list of additions since then see HERE
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NEW NEWS - new info, new types new dates etc... NEW
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Coins Index
(A "*" after country name means one or more illustrations are to be
found with the infomation on that country.)
ALGERIA *
The 5 Dinar coins for the 10th Anniversary
of the Republic of Algeria.
Some recent Commemoratives of Algeria
Descriptive Details of Algeria's Bi-metallic
Coins
The very latest Bi-metallic type of Algeria
ANGOLA *
Angola's Most Recent Circulation Coins
50 Kwanzas with date 8 Jan . 92
BENIN *
Just a few coins.
BOTSWANA *
Botswana 5 Thebe KM-4 and subtypes there of.
Bi-metallic coinage reaches Botswana
BURKINA FASO *
History and at last a few coins
BURUNDI *
A Look at Burundi's Coins.
CAMEROON *
About the Cameroon coins
CAPE VERDE ISLANDS
not yet done
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC *
A few coins and a bit of history
CENTRAL AFRICAN STATES *
All about this Economic and Monetary Community
and info on recent common coinages
CHAD
Just a few coins
COMOROS *
The latest coin of the Comoro Islands
Three new coins for 21st century Comoros
CONGO (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC)
not yet done
CONGO (REPUBLIC)
Just a few coins
DJIBOUTI
not yet done
EGYPT *
Current coins of Egypt
EQUATORIAL GUINEA *
A Country With an Often Changing Monetary System
ERITREA *
The story behind the designs of the 1997 dated series coins.
ETHIOPIA *
Recent Coinage Developments in Ethiopia
An Unlisted Silver Proof Type
NEW Further Coinage Developments
in Ethiopia NEW
GABON
Just a few coins
GAMBIA
not yet done
GHANA *
Ghana's recent coins - a sucess for the Royal Canadian Mint
GUINEA
not yet done
GUINEA-BISSAU *
History and a few coins
IVORY COAST *
Just a few coins
KENYA *
Kenya's recent coins - their bi-metallic coins and much more.
LESOTHO *
Lesotho's most recent coins
A Scarce Bi-metallic Issue of Lesotho
LIBERIA *
Liberia's first new circulation coins in a long time.
LIBYA *
A New Coin For Libya
A New Bi-metallic Coin For Libya
MADAGASCAR *
Too many denomination names ?
A couple of Madagascar's very latest coins.
The Reappearance of a Privy Mark
Madagascar’s Changing National Motto
as Seen on Coinage.
NEW Three new coins for
21st century Madagascar NEW
MALAWI *
Background to the 1995/1996 issues - some denomination being without
and later with portraits.
MALI *
Just a few coins
MAURITANIA *
Mauritania's current coins
MAURITIUS *
The recent coins of Mauritius.
MOROCCO *
Morocco's bi-metallic coins.
Morocco - Latest Coins
Mint Names on the "Mazuna" denominated
coins of AH1320 to AH1323.
Mazunas of Fes, AH1320-1323 "Fascinating
Coins"
MOZAMBIQUE *
Mozambique’s Two Most Recent Circulation Coins
NAMIBIA *
A Variety of Information on the Coins of the Republic of Namibia.
NIGER *
Just a few coins
NIGERIA *
Long ignored sub-types for the early Nigerian
decimal types
Something you may have noticed on the 1991
and 1993 dated 50 Kobo coins (KM-13).
REUNION *
Reunion - Scene of the Euro’s World Debut
NEW The First Coins in
the Name of Reunion NEW
RWANDA
not yet done
SAHARAWI ARAB D.R. *
You may be think - “Where ?”
ST. THOMAS & PRINCE
not yet done
SENEGAL *
Just a few coins
SEYCHELLES *
Varieties to the 25 Cents coins of the Republic period.
SIERRA LEONE *
Some extra details to the 1996 series of 10, 50
and 100 Leones circulation coins.
NEW New Issues for the Fortieth
Anniversary of the Bank of Sierra Leone NEW
SOMALIA *
Somalia’s “Commemorative” Coins
SOMALILAND *
Somaliland and the 1 Shilling Coin
SOUTH AFRICA *
Recent coins of South Africa
The South African Mint Company
Private Mints in South Africa
NEW South Africa’s New issues
of August 2nd 2004 NEW
SUDAN *
Sudan's 1994, 1996 and 1999 Coinage Issues
Sudan's 21st Century Coins
NEW Some varieties on modern
coins of Sudan NEW
SWAZILAND *
Swaziland’s Coinage - An Introduction and Some
Examples
Varieties on Swaziland’s 12-scallop Coins
TANZANIA *
The Portraits on Tanzania's Coinage
TOGO *
History and a few coins
TUNISIA *
The More Recent Coin of Tunisia
Varieties of the Brass Coins of 1403/1983
UGANDA *
Uganda's most recent coins
A key Ugandan piece........
WEST AFRICAN STATES *
All about this Economic and Monetary Community
A Few Notable Coins of the West African
States
New Bi-metallics for West African States
ZAMBIA *
An edge variety rarely mentioned - Zambia's 5 Shillings coin.
ZIMBABWE *
Zimbabwe's coinage and its developments in 2001.
Around 15th March 2001 it was annouced that the 2010 FIFA World Football Champoinships will be in AFRICA !!!
Backgroud image is from an image of a Republic of Zaire 1000 Zaires of 1997, thanks to Rod Sell for the image he sent me of this coin.