Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
10 000 Francs CFA Canonization John XXIII
| Issuer | Burkina Faso |
|---|---|
| Year | 2014 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Silver (.999) |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | A finely detailed bust of Pope John XXIII is depicted in three-quarter right-facing portrait, wearing his papal vestments including an ornately embroidered cope and white zucchetto. The papal coat of arms appears to the left of the figure in the mid-field. Flanking the central portrait, two elaborate arched borders composed of foliage, fruit, and angelic putti frame the composition on either side. The legend ST. JOHN XXIII CANONIZATION is inscribed above the bust, with the canonization date 27.04.2014 along the right border, and the silver specification 1 KG AG.999 along the left border. |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Reeded |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
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.