Catalog
1000 Francs CFA African Big Five - Elephant, Colored
| Issuer | Burkina Faso |
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| Year | 2016 |
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| Value | 1000 Francs CFA |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A highly detailed, close-up portrait of an African elephant (Loxodonta africana) facing directly forward fills the entire field, rendered in high relief with applied antique-finish colorization in warm brown and earth tones that accentuate the animal's wrinkled skin, large flared ears, expressive eyes, and prominent ivory tusks. A textured savanna background is visible at the upper portion of the field. The series title 'The African Big Five' is inscribed in Roman lettering along the upper arc. The silver purity specification '1oz AG 999' appears in the lower left field, and the date '2016' is inscribed in the lower right field. |
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Burkina Faso's monetary authority has issued coins under the CFA franc framework since the country's independence from France in 1960, though the actual striking of commemorative silver pieces like this one is invariably contracted to European private mints — in this case almost certainly Berne or a comparable facility — with Burkina Faso lending its name and legal tender status to a product aimed squarely at the collector export market rather than domestic circulation.
The CFA franc itself is pegged to the euro at a fixed rate guaranteed by the French Treasury, an arrangement that has drawn sustained criticism from African economists since the 1990s.