1000 Francos CFA Donald Trump

Equatorial Guinea has a long history of issuing coins with no practical circulation purpose — novelty issues sold directly to collectors, often bearing subjects with no connection to the country whatsoever. This piece is one of them. The 1000 Francs CFA denomination exists on paper; whether it ever circulated is another matter entirely. Equatorial Guinea joined the CFA franc zone in 1985, an arrangement that ties its currency to the French Treasury — an odd backdrop for a coin bearing the image of an American president who expressed open hostility toward multilateral monetary arrangements.