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1000 Francs CFA African Big Five - Rhinoceros, Colored
| Issuer | Burkina Faso |
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| Year | 2016 |
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| Composition | Silver (.999) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A highly detailed, large-scale portrait of a rhinoceros head in left-facing profile dominates virtually the entire reverse field, rendered with exceptional sculptural relief and applied coloring in rich brown and bronze tones that accentuate the animal's textured hide and prominent dual horns. The background to the left of the animal depicts a stylized savanna environment with incised tree and vegetation motifs in the antique-finished field. The series title THE AFRICAN BIG FIVE is inscribed in an arc along the upper left field, while the fineness and weight designation 1oz AG 999 appears vertically along the left inner border. The date 2016 is placed in the lower field beneath the rhinoceros portrait. |
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Burkina Faso has no rhinoceroses and hasn't for well over a century. The "African Big Five" bullion and collector series issued under CFA franc authority during the 2010s was a commercial product aimed squarely at the European novelty coin market, with design and distribution handled largely by external minting agents rather than the Banque Centrale des États de l'Afrique de l'Ouest. The issuing nation's involvement was essentially nominal — a licensing arrangement that provided legal tender status in exchange for a fee.