In the forties, coins were issued for use in all the colonies
including Gabon in denominations of 1 and 2 francs.
This was the last issue of a 2-franc coin for nearly 50 years.
In the fifties 5-, 10- and 25-franc coins were added, In the
sixties,
nickel 50-franc coins were introduced, followed by nickel
100-franc pieces . From the seventies the 100-franc coins were
issued by the individual states and cupro-nickel 500-franc coins
were introduced. In the nineties, centralized production of the 100-franc coin was resumed,
with a single 500-franc coin and a
steel 2-franc introduced.
Serrra leone Coins
Inthe sixties, coins, boring the portrait of Sir Milton
Marga,i. were introduced in denominations of ½, 1, 5, 10
and 20 cents.l In
1the seventies, 50 cents coins were introduced which carried the portrait
of Dr Siaka Stevens. that also appeared on a series of coins introduced in
the eighties in
denominations of ½, 1, 5, 10 and 20 cents. Later the octagonal,
nickel-bronze 1 leone coins were introduced..After a period of high inflation, new coins were introduced for 10, 50
,100 and. 500 leones
