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1000 Francs CFA HMS Bounty
| Issuer | Ivory Coast |
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| Year | 2008 |
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| Value | 1000 Francs CFA |
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| Obverse description | The national coat of arms of Côte d'Ivoire occupies the central field, depicting a quartered shield surmounted by a radiant rising sun, flanked on either side by a palm tree, with a scroll bearing the legend REPUBLIQUE DE COTE D'IVOIRE beneath. The circular legend REPUBLIQUE DE COTE D'IVOIRE arcs along the upper periphery in bold Latin capitals. The denomination 1000 FRANCS CFA is inscribed in large characters across the lower field, with FRANCS CFA below 1000. |
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| Reverse description | A finely detailed engraving of the three-masted sailing vessel HMS Bounty under full sail dominates the central field, rendered in a classic nautical illustrative style with rigging, yards, and billowing sails depicted with great precision. The ship is shown in a three-quarter starboard view, riding gently cresting waves. The legend H.M.S. BOUNTY arcs along the upper periphery in spaced Latin capitals. The commemorative dates 1784 - 2008 appear in the lower exergual area, marking the vessel's historical and numismatic anniversary. |
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The Ivory Coast has no historical connection to HMS Bounty — this is a collector-market issue, one of dozens of themed silver pieces struck under license and attributed to West African CFA franc issuers primarily because the arrangement requires no central bank infrastructure and faces minimal regulatory friction. The actual minting was almost certainly contracted to a European private mint.
The Bounty mutiny occurred in April 1789, three weeks out of Tahiti.