1000 Francs CFA Black Ammonite

Burkina Faso has no mint of its own; its commemorative issues are struck under contract, typically at the Monnaie de Paris or through private minting houses in Europe. The ammonite series to which this piece belongs targets the natural history collector market rather than any domestic monetary purpose — these coins are legal tender in name only, issued at face values a fraction of their actual cost.

Ammonites became extinct at the K-Pg boundary roughly 66 million years ago, the same event that ended non-avian dinosaurs.