Ivory Coast has issued gold fractional pieces under the CFA franc denomination since the mid-2010s, largely targeting the collector bullion market rather than any domestic monetary function. These small-format issues are produced by private minting arrangements — KM#146 places this squarely within a series of themed pieces aimed at European and Asian collector markets, with Anubis appearing across multiple issuing authorities' catalogs in the same period, suggesting shared production runs across different nominal issuers.
Ivory Coast has issued gold fractional pieces under the CFA franc denomination since the mid-2010s, largely targeting the collector bullion market rather than any domestic monetary function. These small-format issues are produced by private minting arrangements — KM#146 places this squarely within a series of themed pieces aimed at European and Asian collector markets, with Anubis appearing across multiple issuing authorities' catalogs in the same period, suggesting shared production runs across different nominal issuers.