Which are the oldest circulation designs in Sub-Saharan Africa?

[<k>]

I note that some Sub-Saharan African countries have designs that originate from the 1950s (Djibouti), 1960s (Gambia and Madagascar) or 1970s - Central and West African States, I believe.



French Somaliland (now Djibouti), 1952.

I would have included Liberia, but that country is awaiting a new coin series. Whether it will include old designs remains to be seen.

Somalia is now a dysfunctional country, without circulation coins, to my knowledge.

Other countries in Sub-Saharan Africa may not even use coins any more - is that true?

[Big_M]

Also Malawi has recently (2012) reused the elephant (k10) design from 1964. NB. the heron (k5) is from 1971 and the eagle (k1) from 1996.

[<k>]

You're right. I forgot about those.

[<k>]

Gambia, 1966.



Gambia, current series.

The designs on Gambia's current coins come from the original predecimal set of 1966.

[<k>]

Swaziland, 1974.



Swaziland, 2015.

Some of the coin designs of Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) originated in 1974 and in the 1980s.

[<k>]

Madagascar, 1965.



Madagascar, 2004.



Madagascar, 1970.



Madagascar, 2003.


Some of Madagascar's current designs date from the 1960s and 1970s.

[Figleaf]

None of the above come even close to qualifying as "oldest". See this thread.

Peter

[chrisild]

Don't think this topic is about "oldest" coins in general. My impression was that it deals with "old" designs that are still used in today's coinage.