1000 Francs CFA Giant Panda - 3D Glass Sculpture Coin

Burkina Faso has issued coins under its own authority since independence in 1960, but the country's numismatic output is almost entirely collector-driven — it holds no practical monetary relationship with the panda. The giant panda series exploiting Central African franc issuing authority for the Asian collector market became a reliable revenue mechanism for several Franc CFA nations in the 2010s, with the actual striking typically contracted to European private mints. This piece falls squarely in that category.

The embedded domed glass element was a production technique pioneered by a small number of specialty mints, primarily B.H. Mayer's Mint in Germany, during this period.