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10 000 Francs CFA Canonization John XXIII
| Issuer | Burkina Faso |
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| Year | 2014 |
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| Weight | 1000 g |
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| Obverse description | The national coat of arms of Burkina Faso occupies the central field, depicting a quartered shield bearing a star, flanked by two rampant horses as supporters, set upon crossed spears and surmounted by a scroll inscribed BURKINA FASO. An open book and olive branches appear at the base of the escutcheon, with the motto UNITÉ PROGRÈS JUSTICE rendered on a ribbon below. The circular legend REPUBLIQUE DU BURKINA FASO arcs around the upper periphery in bold relief. The denomination 10000 FRANCS CFA is inscribed in large characters along the lower portion of the field. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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John XXIII was canonized on April 27, 2014, alongside John Paul II — the first time in modern Catholic history two popes were elevated simultaneously. Burkina Faso, a majority-Muslim country with a significant Catholic minority, has issued papal commemoratives through licensed distributors rather than from any ecclesiastical or state devotional motive; these are commercial issues targeting the collector market, not circulating coinage.
The kilogram format at this diameter places it squarely in the trophy-coin category produced throughout the 2010s by several West African franc-zone issuers working with European minting intermediaries.