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1000 Francs CFA Al Capone
| Issuer | Central African Republic |
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| Year | 2015 |
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| Composition | Silver (.999) |
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| Obverse lettering | RÉPUBLIQUE CENTRAFRICAINE ZO KWE ZO UNITE DIGNITE TRAVAIL 1000 FRANCS CFA (Translation: Central African republic All people are people Unity Dignity Work 1000 Francs CFA) |
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| Edge | Partially reeded. |
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The Central African Republic has, since the early 2000s, operated a cottage industry of novelty legal-tender coins struck for the collector market rather than circulation — a practice common among franc CFA nations whose minting agreements with outside producers like B.H. Mayer's Kunstprägeanstalt give them flexibility to license almost any subject. Al Capone qualifies as legal tender in Bangui entirely on paper.
Capone died in 1947 of cardiac arrest following syphilitic dementia, having served seven years in federal prison — including time at Alcatraz — on tax evasion charges filed in 1931. The IRS prosecution remains the model case for convicting organized crime figures on financial rather than violent offenses.