Catalog
10 000 Francs Independence, Pattern
| Issuer | Chad |
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| Year | 1970 |
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| Thickness | 2.30 mm |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A bold right-facing bust of General Charles de Gaulle dominates the centre of the field, depicted in military uniform and kepi, rendered in high relief in the style of engraver G. Simon. The circular legend GENERAL DE GAULLE arches around the upper portion of the field, flanked by a border of raised dots. The engraver's signature G. SIMON appears in the left field beside the portrait. The date 1960 is inscribed in the lower exergue, also framed by the dot border, commemorating the year of Chadian independence. |
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Chad gained independence from France on August 11, 1960, but coinage development lagged considerably — the country remained within the CFA franc zone and relied on shared Central African issues rather than striking its own. This 1970 pattern represents an early attempt to establish a distinctly Chadian high-denomination piece, one that never advanced to circulation. Patterns of this type from francophone sub-Saharan states in the late 1960s and early 1970s were frequently produced in Paris by the Monnaie de Paris as speculative proposals, often at the instigation of coin dealers rather than the issuing government itself.