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10 000 Francs Said Mohamed Cheikh
| Issuer | Comoro Islands |
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| Year | 1976 |
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| Value | 10 000 Francs |
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| Obverse lettering | ETAT COMORIEN 1976 10.000 FRANCS |
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| Mintage | 1976 - Mint Sets only (KM#MS1) - 500 1976 - Proof Sets only (KM#PS1) - 500 |
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Said Mohamed Cheikh governed the Comoros as a French-administered territory for over two decades before his death in 1970, and this posthumous gold issue was struck six years later — the same year the islands formally declared independence following a unilateral vote in 1975 that France only reluctantly recognized. The timing is pointed: honoring a pro-autonomy leader on a newly sovereign nation's first commemorative gold coinage carries obvious political weight.
Struck by the Paris Mint, the .900 fine specification matches standard French colonial commemorative practice of the period.