1000 Francs CFA Bounty

The BCEAO issues commemorative silver under the "Bounty" and related novelty programs primarily for the collector export market — these coins are legal tender in the eight-member FRANC zone states but were never intended for circulation. The series is contracted through European minting intermediaries, a common arrangement for small francophone issuers whose own infrastructure doesn't support collector-grade silver production.

Mintage figures for these issues are rarely published with precision.