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1000 Francs CFA Moses Exodus
| Issuer | Burkina Faso |
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| Year | 2017 |
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| Value | 1000 Francs CFA |
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| Reverse description | A finely detailed high-relief scene depicts the biblical figure of Moses parting the Red Sea, rendered in an antique finish with dramatic artistic effect. Moses is shown in flowing robes, arms raised aloft while grasping a tall staff, his bearded face turned upward as towering walls of water rise on either side of a dry seabed. A small inset image in the upper left field references a classical artistic source for the composition. The legend '• THE EXODUS •' arcs along the upper right periphery, with the date '2017' inscribed vertically along the right side of the field, all punctuated by decorative bullet points. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Burkina Faso has operated as a legitimate issuing authority for commemorative coinage since gaining independence in 1960, but the country's mint output is almost entirely produced under contract by European minting houses — in this case almost certainly the Bern-based PAMP or a comparable facility — with no meaningful domestic monetary function. These issues are designed and distributed entirely for the collector export market.
The Moses series belongs to a wave of Biblical-theme silver rounds marketed aggressively through European and North American coin dealers in the mid-2010s, struck under various small-nation issuing agreements that lend legal tender status to what are functionally medals.