10 Francs Khnum

Khnum, the ram-headed Egyptian creator deity, has no historical or cultural connection to Burundi — his worship was centered on Elephantine Island in Upper Egypt. This is a bullion-adjacent collector piece issued by Burundi's central bank as part of a long-running series exploiting African iconographic themes for the international numismatic market rather than domestic circulation. The 45 mm diameter on a 0.311 g gold flan means the planchet is extraordinarily thin — a production and handling challenge that makes pristine survivors harder to come by than the mintage figures might suggest.