† Guinea, Fouta Djalon, aluminium pattern 5 francs, 1894, unsigned, lion walking left, crescent above, KAHEL below, rev. Arabic legend 'Sanderval' in oval, 25 GR.A. above and date below, edge plain (KM.X3; Lecompte 4; cf. Hess-Divo 309, 658), certified and graded by NGC as Mint State 62, extremely rare
Struck for the French entrepreneur Count (Aime) Olivier de Sanderval while he was trying to establish a domain. (£2500-3000)