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1500 Francs CFA Airship LZ 129 Hindenburg
| Issuer | Burkina Faso |
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| Year | 2017 |
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| Composition | Silver plated zinc |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Oval flan with a full-color sepia-toned aerial photographic background depicting the LZ 129 Hindenburg airship in flight over a cityscape, with the registration D-LZ129 and the name Hindenburg inscribed on the airship's hull. The legend LZ 129 Hindenburg 2017 arcs along the upper border, and the inscription TRANSATLANTIC PASSENGER SERVICE appears in the lower field. The series title World's Most Famous Airships is inscribed along the lower border. Five raised stars flank the central image on each side within the milled border. |
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Burkina Faso has no historical connection to the Hindenburg whatsoever. This is a souvenir medallion dressed as coinage — Burkina Faso's monetary authority has issued a sprawling range of these large-format silver-plated zinc pieces through European marketing intermediaries, targeting collectors rather than any circulating economy. The LZ 129 itself destroyed at Lakehurst, New Jersey on May 6, 1937, killing 36 people — an event whose cause remains debated, with incendiary paint on the outer covering now considered a contributing factor alongside the hydrogen lifting gas.