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100 Francs CFA Earth
| Issuer | Ivory Coast |
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| Year | 2017 |
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| Currency | CFA franc (1960-date) |
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| Reverse description | A detailed relief depiction of Planet Earth as seen from space, rendered in a cartographic style with continental outlines visible across the globe. The Earth is encircled by a prominent blue ring or band, giving the design a distinctive polychrome effect. The legend 'PLANET ERDE 2017' appears along the upper field, while the weight and fineness inscription '1/2 G .999 FINE GOLD' is placed in the lower field, all in Latin script. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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The BCEAO franc, shared across eight West African nations including Ivory Coast, is pegged to the euro at a fixed rate guaranteed by the French Treasury — an arrangement dating to 1945 that has survived every postcolonial political upheaval in the region. Coins like this one are issued outside that monetary framework entirely, produced for the collector market by foreign minting contractors with no circulation intent.
At 0.5 grams, the planchet contains roughly $30 of gold at spot, a format pioneered largely by the Czech Mint and similar operations targeting impulse buyers at coin fairs.