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1000 Francs Arabic Warship
| Issuer | Chad |
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| Year | 2001 |
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| Composition | Silver (.990) |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIQUE DU TCHAD ·UNITÉ·TRAVAIL·PROGRÈS· 1000 FRANCS |
| Reverse description | A detailed depiction of a historic Arab war galley navigating open waters occupies the central field, rendered with fine relief detail showing multiple oars, a central mast with rigging and draped sail, a stern deckhouse, and armed crew members standing amidships. Seabirds in flight are scattered across the upper field to the left and right. The inscription NAVIRE DE GUERRE ARABE curves along the lower border, with the date 2001 appearing in the lower central field above the legend. |
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Chad's late-1990s and early-2000s commemorative silver program was contracted almost entirely through foreign minting houses — this piece almost certainly produced in Europe rather than in N'Djamena — targeting the collector market rather than any domestic circulation. The series was part of a broader wave of African sovereign commemoratives issued through agents like the Coin Invest Trust of Liechtenstein, which brokered such programs across dozens of cash-strapped states with recognized sovereign minting rights but no infrastructure to exercise them.
The dhow-type warship subject has no particular connection to Chad, a landlocked nation with no maritime history.