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1000 Francs CFA Louis XIV
| Issuer | Central African Republic |
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| Year | 2015 |
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| Currency | CFA Franc (Bank of Central African States, 1973-date) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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The Central African Republic has issued commemorative gold pieces under the CFA franc system since the early 2000s, typically through arrangements with European minting houses acting on behalf of the BEAC. This particular piece belongs to a broader wave of small-format gold issues flooding the commemorative market in the 2010s, produced primarily for collector sale rather than any domestic circulation — the CAR's own population had little access to them.
Louis XIV's connection to Central Africa is essentially nonexistent; French colonial reach into the region came two centuries after his reign ended in 1715.