siluska Posted December 11, 2011 Report Share Posted December 11, 2011 I recently bought a French West Africa note of 25 francs, model 1933 (Man with horse/lion). The shape is very bad but the main interest for me is the date. Pick no. 22 states that the first date was 1936, but my note has a clear 1933 and the serial is much lower than the rest of the notes. The note is authentic, with a normal watermark and other caracteristics with similar notes from 1936. I know about the existence of the catalogue of M. Kolski and R. Leclerc, Les billets africaine de la Zone franc, but i do not have this book. A 25 f. 1933 realy exist, it's known with the date 1933? It's just an error in Pick, or it's realy a unique note? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted December 11, 2011 Report Share Posted December 11, 2011 I don't have that book, but I sure wish I had. I'm always on the lookout for it. I believe Dave M hasa copy, though. If he doesn't respond here, by tomorrow you shoudl send him a message and I'm sure he'd be happy to help. I do have a French auction catalog for AOF and AEF notes, Les Billets Africains de la Zone Franc, and in it they have the 1933 note listed and state that "date tres rare". I looked in my copy of SCWPM and it has 1936 as the first date as well. It must be an error (or oversight?) in Pick. So Congrats on your new note! Care to show us a photo of this Very Rare Date? Here's the page from my auction catalog: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave M Posted December 11, 2011 Report Share Posted December 11, 2011 Hi Stefan, As Dave shows, the 1933 date does exist, Oct 2 1933 is the first date of issue for the note with blue denomination. Leclerc-Kolsky list it at 70E (R3) in XF as opposed to 60E and 40E for the later dates. Whether that is "tres rare" or not, you can judge. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siluska Posted December 13, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2011 Hi Stefan, As Dave shows, the 1933 date does exist, Oct 2 1933 is the first date of issue for the note with blue denomination. Leclerc-Kolsky list it at 70E (R3) in XF as opposed to 60E and 40E for the later dates. Whether that is "tres rare" or not, you can judge. Dave Thank you. Ideed, the date is 2-10-1933, and the serial is U.20-485 (maybe it's usefull for someone). I've imagined that is rare, is one of the few dates that i missed in my collection...For me, the most common is at least 1939 and 1942, but finding something before 1938 is hard. @ Dave, do you have that catalogue in an .pdf? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted December 13, 2011 Report Share Posted December 13, 2011 ... @ Dave, do you have that catalogue in an .pdf? I'm sorry, no. It is a softcover book. Had to pay more than I wanted for it but, though far from a full catalog, it does have quite a lot in there. It is one from CGB Here's a LINK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siluska Posted December 15, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2011 Pure luck? I just bought today a second piece, same date, lower number (alph. 15) in better shape. And Monday i didn't knew this note exist. I will post images soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
santiagodeanverso Posted March 25, 2012 Report Share Posted March 25, 2012 Hello. I have got the book les billets africains de la zone franc of Kolski The page that you need is this: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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