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10 000 Francs CFA Heart of Chechnya

Issuer Gabon
Year 2015
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Weight 15.5 g
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Obverse script Latin
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Reverse lettering МЕЧЕТЬ • СЕРДЦЕ ЧЕЧНИ имени АХМАТ-ХАДЖИ КАДЫРОВА
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Gabon's participation in the collector coin market is almost entirely handled through licensing arrangements with European minting agencies — this piece is a product of that trade, not of any domestic monetary policy. The "Heart of Chechnya" subject refers to the Akhmad Kadyrov Mosque in Grozny, completed in 2008 and named for the assassinated former Chechen leader. Issuing a coin honoring a Chechen landmark under the authority of a Central African franc-zone state is a purely commercial decision, with Gabon's name functioning as a legal issuing vehicle rather than reflecting any bilateral relationship.

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