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1000 Francs CFA Black Ammonoidea
| Issuer | Burkina Faso |
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| Year | 2016 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Reverse description | A large genuine black ammonite fossil specimen is inset at center, displaying the characteristic tightly coiled spiral shell structure with iridescent surface detail in dark green and teal tones. Surrounding the inset fossil, the field is richly engraved with multiple stylized ammonoid shells of varying sizes rendered in high relief against a textured rocky ground. The upper legend WORLD OF EVOLUTION arcs along the rim, while the taxon name AMMONOIDEA and the date 2016 are inscribed along the lower rim. The overall composition effectively contrasts the naturalistic fossil insert with the finely detailed engraved background. |
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| Mintage | 2016 - Antique Finish - 199 |
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Burkina Faso has issued commemorative coinage through the Monnaie de Paris under licensing arrangements common to several CFA franc zone states, which hold nominal issuing authority while the actual production and distribution are handled entirely by European minting and marketing firms. These pieces are collector items from inception — they never enter circulation in Burkina Faso and are sold directly into the numismatic market, primarily in Europe.
Ammonoidea became extinct at the K-Pg boundary roughly 66 million years ago, survivors of three prior mass extinctions before the fifth finished them.