The red-fronted gazelle (Eudorcas rufifrons) inhabits the Sahel belt running through Burkina Faso, though populations have declined sharply due to habitat loss and hunting pressure. Burkina Faso's wildlife-themed coinage of this period was produced primarily for the collector export market — these pieces were never intended for domestic circulation and were almost certainly struck by a European contract mint.
The red-fronted gazelle (Eudorcas rufifrons) inhabits the Sahel belt running through Burkina Faso, though populations have declined sharply due to habitat loss and hunting pressure. Burkina Faso's wildlife-themed coinage of this period was produced primarily for the collector export market — these pieces were never intended for domestic circulation and were almost certainly struck by a European contract mint.