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1000 Francs CFA Cercocebus Atys
| Issuer | Burkina Faso |
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| Year | 2013 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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The sooty mangabey (Cercocebus atys) is native to West Africa's coastal rainforests — not Burkina Faso, which is landlocked and largely savanna. Its appearance on a Burkinabè issue reflects the broader practice among small-denomination commemorative programs of licensing wildlife subjects with little regard for geographic relevance, a revenue model facilitated through coin-issuing intermediaries operating far from the issuing nation's treasury.