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10 000 Francs CFA Van Gogh, Irises
| Issuer | Chad |
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| Year | 2024 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#394 |
| Obverse description | The obverse features a full-color reproduction of Van Gogh's masterwork 'Irises' (1889), rendered in the artist's characteristic Post-Impressionist style with bold, swirling brushstroke textures across the square field. A dense garden of deep cobalt-blue iris blooms with elongated green leaves fills the composition, with a solitary white iris visible at the left. The coat of arms of Chad appears within the design. The legend 'REPUBLIQUE DU TCHAD' together with the denomination '10000 FRANCS CFA' and the date '2024' are inscribed on the coin. |
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| Edge | Smooth |
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Chad's name appears on this piece purely as a licensing arrangement — the country issues no meaningful domestic coinage and functions here as a permissive authority for a European bullion and novelty producer. The Van Gogh Irises painting depicted belongs to the Getty Museum in Los Angeles, acquired in 1990 for $53.9 million after one of the most publicized auction controversies of the decade, when the original 1987 sale to Alan Bond was later revealed to have been financed by the auction house itself, violating Sotheby's own policies.
At nearly a kilogram, the piece is primarily zinc by volume, with silver plating accounting for a fraction of the actual metal mass despite the .999 designation.