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10 000 Francs CFA Ao Qin
| Issuer | Chad |
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| Year | 2022 |
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| Currency | CFA franc (Bank of Central African States, 1973-date) |
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| Obverse description | The national coat of arms of Chad occupies the central field, featuring a chevronny shield supported by a goat rampant to the left and a lion rampant to the right, with a rising sun issuing rays above the shield. A scroll below bears the national motto in three segments: UNITE, TRAVAIL, and PROGRES. The issuer legend REPUBLIQUE DU TCHAD arcs along the upper periphery, while the denomination 10000 FRANCS CFA is inscribed along the lower periphery, with the date 2022 appearing in the lower central field above the denomination. |
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| Edge | Smooth |
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Ao Qin is one of the Four Dragon Kings in Chinese mythology, each governing a cardinal sea — Ao Qin rules the Southern Sea. Chad, which has no coastline and no cultural connection to Chinese dragon mythology, issued this coin purely as a bullion-adjacent collectible targeting Asian export markets, a revenue strategy that the Chadian mint authority has leaned on aggressively since the mid-2010s through licensing arrangements with private distributors.
The copper core dominates the economics here — only the surface plating is .999 silver, making the "2 oz silver" marketing characterization worth reading carefully against the actual specification sheet.