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1000 Francs
| Issuer | French Southern and Antarctic Lands |
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| Year | 2014 |
| Type | Fantasy coin |
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| Obverse description | Central shield depicting the coat of arms of the Terres Australes et Antarctiques Françaises, featuring four quartered panels with wildlife motifs including a bird, a palm tree, a sea turtle, a seahorse, and a scallop shell, supported on either side by two dolphins in high relief. A banner above the shield bears the legend 'TERRES AUSTRALES FRANÇAISES' flanked by stars. The abbreviation 'T.A.A.F.' appears in the lower field. The entire design is struck in plain copper with a beaded border. |
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| Obverse lettering | TERRES AUSTRALES FRANÇAISES T.A.A.F. |
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The French Southern and Antarctic Lands (TAAF) issues collector coinage under French authority despite having no permanent civilian population — the territory's "residents" are rotating scientists and military personnel. The 2014 copper 1000 Francs belongs to a series that exists purely as a numismatic product; the franc was never legal tender in metropolitan France after the 2002 euro transition, making its continued use here a deliberate administrative fiction maintained for philatelic and numismatic revenue.