100 Francs CFA Edelweiss

The Edelweiss series, issued under the West African CFA franc framework through the Banque Centrale des États de l'Afrique de l'Ouest, represents a recurring pattern of Ivorian bullion and collector issues marketed almost entirely to the European numismatic trade — a coin with essentially no circulation relationship to its nominal issuing country. The edelweiss itself is a plant with no botanical connection to West Africa whatsoever.

At 0.5 grams of .9999 gold, the piece falls into the fractional micro-bullion category that gained commercial traction in the 2010s as gold prices made traditional quarter and tenth-ounce formats expensive for entry-level buyers.