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| Issuer | Ivory Coast |
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| Year | 2023 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | RÉPUBLIQUE DE CÔTE D'IVOIRE 2023 100 FRANCS CFA |
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The Mustang issues in this African gold miniature series occupy a peculiar corner of the numismatic market — struck for the Ivory Coast under the BCEAO framework but produced entirely for collector export, bearing no meaningful relationship to West African monetary circulation. The Mustang specifically targets the equestrian collector crossover market that emerged strongly in the 2010s.
At one gram of .999 gold, the technical execution leaves little room for error on the die — the 11mm planchet tolerates almost no misalignment before design elements fall off the flan edge.