RARE! Comores 5 Francs World Fisheries Conference (1984)

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Coconuts & Coconut palm Trees surround denomination,
date upper right

Lettering:
BANQUE CENTRALE DES COMORES
5 FRANCS

Engraver: Lucien Georges Bazor

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West Indian Ocean Coelacanth fish left
Binomial Name: Latimeria chalumnae

Lettering: CONFERENCE MONDIALE SUR LES PECHES

Translation: World Conference on Fisheries

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Mint

 (Monnaie de Paris), Pessac, France (1973-date)

Comments

Mint: Monnaie de Paris, France.
West Indian Ocean coelacanth is primarily found near the Comoro Islands. It  is also known as the African coelacanth to differentiate it with Indonesian coelacanth which is known as East Indian Ocean coelacanth.
Both are critically endangered species.