1500 Francs CFA Airship LZ 129 Hindenburg

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.