Gold Half Gram (0.5 g), Coin Type from Senegal - detailed information

Gold Half Gram (0.5 g), Coin Type from Senegal (issued 2020 - )
Coin TypeGold Half Gram (0.5 g)

Senegal uses the West African CFA Franc as its circulation currency, together with seven other states in West Africa which make up the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA; Union Économique et Monétaire Ouest Africaine): Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger and Togo. The currency is issued by the Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO; Banque Centrale des États de l'Afrique de l'Ouest), and - unlike for example the Euro - its coins are not marked with an individual country of issue.

Some of the member countries however issue non-circulating collector and commemorative coinage, which Senegal has been doing since 1968. Some of these coins are in the internationally popular half gram (0.5g) of gold mini-coin collector format.

Obverse
Senegal / Gold Half Gram (0.5 g) - obverse photo

The obverse of the coin shows at its centre the Coat of Arms of Senegal. This consists of a shield divided vertically into two parts: in the left half, a standing lion; in the right part, a baobab tree below which a wavy line representing the Senegal River. Above the shield, a five-pointed star.

The shield is surrounded by palm leaves tied with a ribbon, on which the national motto is inscribed: UN PEUPLE, UN BUT, UNE FOI (translated from French: "One People, One Goal, One Faith"). Below the ribbon, the five-sided pendant of the National Order of the Lion.

Around above, the name of the issuing country in French (its official language): RÉPUBLIQUE DU SÉNÉGAL (Republic of Senegal).

Around below, the nominal face value 250 FRANCS CFA (two hundred and fifty West African CFA Francs).

Obverse Inscription RÉPUBLIQUE DU SÉNÉGAL 250 FRANCS CFA
Reverse
Senegal / Gold Half Gram (0.5 g) - reverse photo

Various designs as listed individually below.

Reverse Inscription
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Notes

For other coins of the same size, see also:
- Alderney gold half gram
- Australia gold half gram
- Barbados gold half gram
- Congo (Democratic Republic) gold half gram
- Cook Islands gold half gram
- Isle of Man gold half gram
- Mongolia gold half gram
- New Zealand gold half gram
- Niue gold half gram
- Palau gold half gram
- Saint Helena gold half gram
- Samoa gold half gram
- Solomon Islands gold half gram
- Somalia gold half gram
- Tokelau gold half gram
- Tuvalu gold half gram

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Gold Half Gram (0.5 g): Details
CountrySenegal
CurrencyWest African CFA Franc, Senegal
From2020
Face Value250 (x Franc)
CurrentYes
MaterialGold
Designer
TechnologyMilled (machine-made)
ShapeRound
OrientationMedal Alignment (Axis 0)
Size
Mass0.5000 g