1000 Francs CFA Crocodile

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Reversbeschreibung	A dramatic, close-up high-relief portrait of a sacred crocodile fills virtually the entire field, rendered with exceptional naturalistic detail in the antique finish silver. The reptile is depicted with its powerful jaws agape, revealing rows of prominent conical teeth, while the intricately textured scutes and scales of the head and neck are rendered with fine relief work across the field. The legend 'LE CROCODILE SACRÉ' arcs along the upper periphery in incuse Latin lettering, and the date '2013' is inscribed in the lower exergue.
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Zusätzliche Informationen	Burkina Faso has no domestic mint and contracts its commemorative issues through the Monnaie de Paris and various European private minting houses. The CFA franc itself is pegged to the euro under arrangements inherited from the colonial-era franc zone, meaning the issuing authority for these pieces is largely nominal — the Banque Centrale des États de l'Afrique de l'Ouest underwrites the currency while individual member states license their own commemorative programs. KM#10 places this among a small run of wildlife-themed issues produced for the collector market rather than circulation.