A 1961 5-franc from Mali struck in aluminum, with a diameter of 20mm and a weight of 1.00g, the low-value in a three-coin series that was a part of the flood of African independence that marked the late-1950s and early-1960s.
Mali won its independence in 1960, and these 1961-dated coins were issued in 1962. Pictured on the series was the lion on the 25-franc, a horse on the 10-franc, and on these 5-franc pieces, a front-facing hippopotamus.
Front-facing coin portraits are generally a tricky exercise, but who can say with confidence when a designer has gotten a hippo wrong?
Well, maybe it can be objected to on religious grounds. After all, the same year of this 1961 5-franc piece, Mali’s flag had its stick-figure representation of a human removed because of pressure from the country’s Islamic citizens—it had run afoul of the proscription, in certain contexts, against the use of human- (and some forms of animal-) imagery.
Mali—the country takes its name from the Mali Empire of ancient times, but I have read that “mali” means “hippopotamus” in the local Bamanankan language, so….
Mali—actual location of a famous place-name in idiomatic English: “Timbuktu.”
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1961 Mali 5-franc
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Re: 1961 Mali 5-franc
I note the '61 coins were produced with a frozen date until at least 1972.
Since the new series of '75-77 repeated two of the three values of '61, they must have circulated, but I've only seen them uncirculated, or nearly so. Has anyone seen Mali's 1961 coins looking thoroughly used?
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Since the new series of '75-77 repeated two of the three values of '61, they must have circulated, but I've only seen them uncirculated, or nearly so. Has anyone seen Mali's 1961 coins looking thoroughly used?
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Re: 1961 Mali 5-franc
Hi villa,
I had a very worn piece of 10 Francs, but sold a long time ago, because I found a better piece!
Greetings Chippi
I had a very worn piece of 10 Francs, but sold a long time ago, because I found a better piece!
Greetings Chippi
Wurzel hat geschrieben:@ Chippi: Wirklich gute Arbeit! Hiermit wirst du zum Byzantiner ehrenhalber ernannt! ;-)
Münz-Goofy hat geschrieben: Hallo Chippi, wenn du... kannst, wirst Du zusätzlich zum "Ottomanen ehrenhalber" ernannt.
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Re: 1961 Mali 5-franc
I saw lots of them in bad condition at Bamako. They were long out of use, but the Lebanese owner of a Cafe showed my a tin box full of them.
Ich könnte mich über Vieles aufregen, aber zum Glück bin ich nicht verpflichtet dazu. :-)
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