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100 Francs CFA Félix Houphouët-Boigny
| Issuer | Ivory Coast |
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| Year | 1966 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIQUE DE CÔTE D'IVOIRE 100 FRS. * UNION . DISCIPLINE . TRAVAIL * (Translation: Republic of Ivory Coast Union Discipline Work) |
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| Reverse lettering | * PRESIDENT FELIX HOUPHOUET BOIGNY * 1966 |
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Issued the year after Ivory Coast joined the West African Monetary Union, this piece was struck as part of a prestige gold series personally associated with Houphouët-Boigny, the country's first president and one of the architects of Françafrique — the network of political and economic ties that kept former French colonies closely bound to Paris long after independence. The coins were never intended for circulation; they functioned as diplomatic gifts and symbols of the new state's ambitions.
The .900 fine gold specification mirrors French Third Republic coinage standards, a deliberate choice that signaled continuity with the metropolitan monetary tradition rather than a break from it.