Banana trick from Gabon

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Central African States, 50 francs, 1976.
I've seen this African FAO coin before.

Can anybody remember which country it's from?

I had never realised, until I saw this enlarged photo,  that the outer pattern was made up of bananas.   

[Afrasi]

And those are real bananas. Not that strange stuff sold in Europe to be bananas. 


D stands for Gabon.

[chrisild]

So ACP bananas are real ones, and the Chiquita stuff we get here is not? Just wondering; I don't really like them anyway. Contrary to that coin design which is quite interesting ...

Christian