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Kevin Warfel
Kevin is a linguist by profession, having worked with the Summer Institute of Linguistics (www.sil.org) for more than 30 years. He leads Rapid Word Collection workshops to help members of minority language communities all over the world collect words to begin work on a dictionary of their language. You can read more about that at RapidWords.net.

Kevin began collecting old American coins in his early 20’s as he encountered them in circulation. A few years later, as he became active in a coin club, a fellow member encouraged him to take an interest in foreign coins. When he moved to Burkina Faso in 1990, he found vendors in the local market who had African coins and began to grow his collection. Soon, however, those vendors began to offer him African currency, which Kevin knew nothing about, having never even seen a catalog for world currency. Research during his next visit in the US changed that, however, and Kevin returned to Burkina Faso armed with photocopies of pages from a friend’s catalog.

Kevin’s personal collection focuses on French West Africa (FWA) and the West African States (WAS)—no surprise since he spent 19 years altogether working in that part of the world and still returns there from time to time. He was mentored by Weldon Burson, who helped him make sense of the WAS portion of the paper money catalog, educated him regarding the grading of currency, and eagerly bought previously unknown WAS letter/signature varieties that Kevin turned up—something that happened on approximately a dozen occasions. Kevin bought many banknotes during his stay in Africa, keeping the best ones he found to upgrade his personal collection and selling duplicates to fund this passion. Currently, his FWA collection comprises more than 200 different city/date/signature varieties and his WAS collection includes well over 1000 notes, each of them with its own unique combination of denomination, code letter, date, signatures, etc.

Contact Kevin Warfel
Email: AfricanPM@yahoo.com
Phone: +1.704.776.6270
eBay Store: stores.ebay.com/banknotes-direct-from-Africa

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Cameroon, P-15c, 500 Francs, 1.1.1982, Signatures: Oye Mba/Tchepannou (sig. 12), 35 Very Fine Choice
Cameroon, P-15c, 500 Francs, 1.1.1982, Signatures: Oye Mba/Tchepannou (sig. 12), 35 Very Fine Choice
Price: $325.00


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Cameroun, P-18b(1), 10,000 Francs, ND (1978), Signatures: Oye Mba/Kamgueu (sig. 11), 40 Extremely Fine, , COMMENT: staining
Cameroun, P-18b(1), 10,000 Francs, ND (1978), Signatures: Oye Mba/Kamgueu (sig. 11), 40 Extremely Fine, , COMMENT: staining
Price: $250.00


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Cameroun, P-18b(1), 10,000 Francs, ND (1978), Signatures: Oye Mba/Kamgueu (sig. 11), 45 Extremely Fine Choice
Cameroun, P-18b(1), 10,000 Francs, ND (1978), Signatures: Oye Mba/Kamgueu (sig. 11), 45 Extremely Fine Choice
Price: $500.00


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Chad, P-6(2), 500 Francs, 1.6.1984, Signatures: Oye Mba/Kamgueu (sig. 10), 67 TOP UNC Superb Gem
Chad, P-6(2), 500 Francs, 1.6.1984, Signatures: Oye Mba/Kamgueu (sig. 10), 67 TOP UNC Superb Gem
Price: $250.00


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Comoros, P-10a, 500 Francs, ND (1986), Signatures: Halifa/Abdou, 66 TOP UNC Gem
Comoros, P-10a, 500 Francs, ND (1986), Signatures: Halifa/Abdou, 66 TOP UNC Gem
Price: $100.00


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Comoros, P-7a, 500 Francs, ND (1976), Signatures: Mshangama/Dahalani, 65 TOP UNC Gem
Comoros, P-7a, 500 Francs, ND (1976), Signatures: Mshangama/Dahalani, 65 TOP UNC Gem
Price: $60.00


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Comoros, P-8a, 1000 Francs, ND (1976), Signatures: Rahim/Panouillot, 62 Uncirculated
Comoros, P-8a, 1000 Francs, ND (1976), Signatures: Rahim/Panouillot, 62 Uncirculated
Price: $125.00


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Equatorial African States, P-3d, 100 Francs, ND (1963), Signatures: Gautier/Panouillot, 55 About UNC
Equatorial African States, P-3d, 100 Francs, ND (1963), Signatures: Gautier/Panouillot, 55 About UNC
Price: $300.00


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France, P-093, 50 Francs, 24.4.1941, Signatures: Rousseau/Favre-Gilly, 65 TOP UNC Gem
France, P-093, 50 Francs, 24.4.1941, Signatures: Rousseau/Favre-Gilly, 65 TOP UNC Gem
Price: $100.00


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French West Africa, P-25, 5 Francs, 6.5.1942, Signatures: Keller/Poilay, 63 UNC Choice
French West Africa, P-25, 5 Francs, 6.5.1942, Signatures: Keller/Poilay, 63 UNC Choice
Price: $75.00


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French West Africa, P-36, 5 Francs, 30.12.1949, Signatures: de Coppet/Poilay, 63 TOP UNC Choice
French West Africa, P-36, 5 Francs, 30.12.1949, Signatures: de Coppet/Poilay, 63 TOP UNC Choice
Price: $100.00


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French West Africa, P-5Bc, 5 Francs, 1.8.1925, Signatures: Boyer/Nouvion, 60 Uncirculated
French West Africa, P-5Bc, 5 Francs, 1.8.1925, Signatures: Boyer/Nouvion, 60 Uncirculated
Price: $250.00


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Gabon, P-02a, 500 Francs, ND (1974), Signatures: Joudiou/Ntoutoume (sig. 6), 66 TOP UNC Gem
Gabon, P-02a, 500 Francs, ND (1974), Signatures: Joudiou/Ntoutoume (sig. 6), 66 TOP UNC Gem
Price: $150.00


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Gambia, P-1a, 10 Shillings, ND (1965-70), Signatures: Loynes/Monday (sig. 1), 66 TOP UNC Gem
Gambia, P-1a, 10 Shillings, ND (1965-70), Signatures: Loynes/Monday (sig. 1), 66 TOP UNC Gem
Price: $130.00


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Mali, P-13b, 1000 Francs, ND (1970-84), Signatures: Makalou/Dussine (sig. 5), 62 TOP Uncirculated
Mali, P-13b, 1000 Francs, ND (1970-84), Signatures: Makalou/Dussine (sig. 5), 62 TOP Uncirculated
Price: $200.00


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Rwanda-Burundi, P-2a, 10 Francs, 5.10.1960, Signatures: Peigneux/Martin, 45 TOP Extremely Fine Choice
Rwanda-Burundi, P-2a, 10 Francs, 5.10.1960, Signatures: Peigneux/Martin, 45 TOP Extremely Fine Choice
Price: $600.00


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West African States, P-214Bb, 10,000 Francs, (19)94, Signatures: Banny/Cisse (sig. 27), 64 TOP UNC Choice
West African States, P-214Bb, 10,000 Francs, (19)94, Signatures: Banny/Cisse (sig. 27), 64 TOP UNC Choice
Price: $350.00


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West African States, P-303Cd, 1000 Francs, 20.3.1961, Signatures: Borna/Julienne (sig. 2), 40 Extremely Fine
West African States, P-303Cd, 1000 Francs, 20.3.1961, Signatures: Borna/Julienne (sig. 2), 40 Extremely Fine
Price: $350.00


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West African States, P-308Cd, 5000 Francs, 1988, Signatures: Fadiga/Kone (sig. 14), 63 UNC Choice
West African States, P-308Cd, 5000 Francs, 1988, Signatures: Fadiga/Kone (sig. 14), 63 UNC Choice
Price: $100.00


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West African States, P-314Cf, 10,000 Francs, (19)98, Signatures: Banny/N'Goran (sig. 28), 58 TOP About UNC Choice
West African States, P-314Cf, 10,000 Francs, (19)98, Signatures: Banny/N'Goran (sig. 28), 58 TOP About UNC Choice
Price: $75.00


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