Coins of Africa of 2008

Coins of Africa of 2008: 21 records in the reference. By metal: silver — 7, cupronickel (copper-nickel) — 5, iron (steel) — 4, iron (steel), brass, nickel — 1. By denomination: franc — 5, penny — 3, krone — 3, dollar — 3. By country: Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha — 8, Democratic Republic of the Congo — 5, Sierra Leone — 2, Egypt — 2. Reference prices run from 2 500 to 16 100 roubles. Every entry carries photographs of both sides, metal, fineness, weight, diameter, mintage and catalogue numbers after Bitkin, Uzdenikov and Conros. The year of striking appears on the coin itself and, together with the mint, defines the variety. Coins of one year from different mints differ by the letters below the truncation and by die details, and prices between varieties differ several times over.