1000 Francs CFA Maria

Burkina Faso has issued commemorative coinage through the Monnaie de Paris and affiliated private minting operations since gaining independence in 1960, but much of the modern collector output — including figurine and shaped coin series — originates with European bullion distributors licensing the country's issuing authority rather than any domestic monetary need. The CFA franc itself is managed by the BCEAO, the regional central bank for eight West African states, meaning Burkina Faso exercises no independent monetary policy over the currency it nominally issues on these pieces.

KM#37 places this within a documented series, though collector demand drives production entirely.