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10 000 Francs CFA Gorilla
| Issuer | Bank of Central African States |
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| Year | 2015 |
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| Value | 10 000 Francs CFA |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIQUE DU CONGO 10000 FRANCS CFA (Translation: Republic of Congo) |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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The "Gorilla" bullion series issued through the Bank of Central African States is often compared to the African Gold Ounce program as a vehicle for promoting regional economic identity through precious metals — though in practice, distribution has been handled almost entirely through European dealers, particularly in Germany and Switzerland, with negligible circulation across the six CEMAC member states whose franc the denomination nominally references.
The 10,000 CFA face value is symbolic to the point of fiction: spot gold value at issue dwarfed it by a factor of roughly forty.