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1000 Francs CFA HMS Queen Charlotte
| Issuer | Bank of Central African States |
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| Year | 2009 |
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| Weight | 31.10 g |
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| Reverse description | Central field displays a highly detailed engraving of HMS Queen Charlotte, a British Royal Navy first-rate ship of the line, depicted in full sail on a calm sea with rigging and masts rendered in fine detail. The dates 1790-2009 are inscribed in the upper left of the field, with the mint year 2009 appearing to the right. The curved legend H.M.S. QUEEN CHARLOTTE is prominently inscribed along the lower periphery of the coin. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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The HMS Queen Charlotte was a 100-gun first-rate ship of the line that served as the flagship of Lord Howe at the Battle of the Glorious First of June in 1794 — Britain's first major naval engagement of the French Revolutionary Wars. Howe's decision to break the French line at close quarters, controversial among his captains, delivered six captured ships and one sunk, though the grain convoy the French were escorting reached port regardless.
The CFA franc zone issues of this type are struck for collector export, carrying no meaningful circulation history in the issuing states.