is not just defined as coin but was given proudly number ΚΜ#1!
At the same time Numista ignored that fact and keeps the issue from coin collectors somewhere away. So the question is obvious: is it a coin? is it a souvenir?
Clearly that in any case the small mintage in the first thousand pcs makes the item a real gem in any collection.
All pieces with that elephant in front of Africa are exonumia made by a private issue. There were not only Burkina but other “hard to get” countries. Even the mint numbers should be a lie since those “coins” were very common in the market.
Thank you for your opinions, all that is common for many commemorative coins. Though it seems, that these opinions are in obvious contradiction with the statement of Standard Catalog of World Coins: KM#1 (it is already written, just enough to read the first post twice). It is standard catalog, so it means that if an item is there it is a coin.
Thank you for your opinions, all that is common for many commemorative coins. Though it seems, that these opinions are in obvious contradiction with the statement of Standard Catalog of World Coins: KM#1 (it is already written, just enough to read the first post twice). It is standard catalog, so it means that if an item is there it is a coin.
Not true, Krause is full of errors.
Like this Sahaara coin that is on Krause but Numista says is not official
Seems the old “IDAO - Bureau Africain d'Emission issues ” site is no longer online, there they used to sell all those fantasy coins with unrealistic minting numbers , the site was at the address www.africamint.com and is no longer available, everything looked like trying to be official, but was a private company.
I guess there is no doubt about the fantasy nature of those tokens.
We have source : 2008 Standard Catalog of World Coins by George S. Cuhaj (Krause Publications). 2012 Unusual World Coins by George S. Cuhaj (Krause Publications)
