REGION: Africa
COUNTRY: French West Africa (Togo)
YEAR PRINTED: 1965
VALUE: 100 francs

This banknote, issued by the French colonial government from 1959 until 1965, was intended for circulation in the French West African colonial territory, which encompassed modern Mauritania, Senegal, Mali, Guinea, Côte d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Benin, Togo, and Niger, until the federation collapsed in 1961. However, the Central Bank of West African States continued to issue this note for eight years more. The note depicts a young woman and a tribal mask of unknown type of the obverse, and on the reverse, a young woman and a coat of arms. This specific note was printed in Togo.

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REGION: Africa
COUNTRY: Togo
YEAR PRINTED: 1942 to 1944
VALUE: 2, 3, 5, 10, 15 & 30 francs

These stamps were issued by the French colonial government in between 1942 and 1944 for the territory of “Togoland” (modern Togo), formerly a German colony, but administered after the First World War by France until 1946, when it became a United Nations trust territory administered by the United Kingdom. The masks depicted on the stamp are from the Baule people of neighboring Côte d’Ivoire, who make up only a small fraction of persons actually living in Togo.

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