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10 Francs Hanging Gardens of Babylon
| Issuer | Bank of the Republic of Burundi |
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| Year | 2024 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#60 |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A detailed relief depiction of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon occupies the right and centre portions of the reverse field, featuring a multi-tiered terraced structure adorned with lush tropical palm trees and cascading vegetation rendered in fine detail. A body of water with rippled lines is shown at the base of the structure, evoking the legendary irrigated gardens of ancient Mesopotamia. To the upper left, the inscription 'HANGING GARDENS OF BABYLON' is struck in three lines within the matte field. A decorative row of raised beads runs along the upper curved border of the puzzle-piece shaped flan, mirroring the obverse border treatment. |
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Burundi's franc has no meaningful silver coinage tradition, and the country's economy has little capacity for domestic bullion collecting. This piece was minted for the international commemorative market — a purely export product with no circulation intent whatsoever. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon connection to Burundi is nonexistent, which places this squarely in the category of licensed-theme issues produced under nominal sovereign authority for foreign distributors.
KM#60 is one of several dozen such pieces issued under the Bank of the Republic of Burundi's name in recent years, a practice common among smaller nations that license their minting authority to generate revenue from collector premiums rather than seigniorage.