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1000 Francos CFA Chocolate Association
| Issuer | Equatorial Guinea |
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| Year | 2001 |
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| Value | 1000 Francos CFA |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLICA DE GUINEA ECUATORIAL UNIDAD PAZ JUSTICIA 1000 FRANCOS (Translation: Republic of Equatorial Guinea Unity Peace Justice) |
| Reverse description | The central field features a color-applied image of a square milk-chocolate bar set against a brown stamp-like decorative border with serrated edges, rendered in realistic brown tones. The chocolate bar is embossed with the word CHOCOLATE and the centennial dates 1901–2001. The surrounding legend, divided into two arcs, reads 100 ANNIV. CHOCOLATE ASSOCIATION along the upper periphery and SUISSE HELVETICA 1901-2001 along the lower periphery, separated by two circular bullet stops at each side. |
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Equatorial Guinea has a long history of issuing collector-targeted novelty pieces through arrangements with private minting agencies — coins that circulate in name only and are sold directly into the numismatic market. This 1000 Francos CFA piece, nominally tied to a "Chocolate Association," belongs to that category: a licensed issue produced almost certainly by a European mint on behalf of a thematic series, with no meaningful connection to the country's actual monetary circulation.
The CFA Franc zone itself is administered by BEAC, meaning Equatorial Guinea has no independent mint and exercises little practical control over what gets struck in its name.