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10 000 Francs CFA Journey to the West on a Starry Night
| Issuer | Bank of Central African States |
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| Year | 2023 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | Vintage-style illustration of Tang Sanzang rendered in a classical Chinese artistic idiom, occupying the central field. The design incorporates stylized decorative elements evoking traditional ink-wash painting, with the pilgrim monk depicted in flowing robes. Surrounding legends in both Latin and Chinese characters identify the principal characters of the narrative, while the lower register bears the issuing authority, date, and denomination inscription within a recessed band. The coat of arms of the Republic of Chad appears in the exergue below. |
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| Obverse script | Latin/Chinese |
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Journey to the West — the 16th-century Chinese novel attributed to Wu Cheng'en — has generated a staggering volume of commemorative issues from mints across Asia and Europe over the past two decades, most of them chasing the same collector demographic. This Bank of Central African States issue is a curiosity in that lineage: a Central African franc denomination applied to a subject with zero geographic or cultural connection to the issuing authority, a practice BEAC has used repeatedly to capture the novelty coin market through licensed themes.
The composition — a silver-plated copper core — places this firmly in the bullion-adjacent novelty category rather than precious metal coinage proper.