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100 Francs Olympic Games
| Issuer | Banque Nationale de Djibouti |
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| Year | 1994 |
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| Value | 100 Francs |
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| Reverse description | A male long-distance runner in athletic attire is depicted in full stride, occupying the right-center of the field, rendered in fine relief against a mirror-polished background. Diagonal stylized track lines sweep across the lower-left field, evoking speed and motion. The inscription OLYMPIC GAMES 1996 is arranged in three lines to the left, while the denomination 100 DJF appears to the right, flanked above and below by short horizontal rules. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Djibouti's numismatic output in the 1990s was almost entirely driven by third-party minting programs — this piece almost certainly produced by a European contractor, likely Monnaie de Paris, issuing coins that never meaningfully circulated in a country whose everyday commerce ran on the Djiboutian franc at far lower denominations. The 1994 Atlanta Games connection places it squarely in the wave of licensed Olympic silver issues that flooded the collector market that decade, most with mintages high enough to keep secondary market values modest.