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1000 Francs CFA Ostrich Colorized
| Issuer | Banque Centrale des États de l'Afrique de l'Ouest (BCEAO) |
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| Year | 2004 |
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| Currency | CFA Franc (1945-date) |
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| Reverse description | Two ostriches (Struthio camelus) depicted in full color against a naturalistic savanna landscape, with green foliage, mountains, and a reflective mirror field above. The male ostrich at right displays distinctive black-and-white plumage while the female at left shows brown and white coloration, both rendered in vivid polychrome enamel. The Latin binomial legend STRUTHIO CAMELUS arcs along the upper periphery. The date 2004 appears in the lower exergue beneath the colorized scene. |
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| Reverse lettering | STRUTHIO CAMELUS 2004 |
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The BCEAO issues collector silver under the 1000 Francs CFA denomination as a vehicle for commemorative and novelty pieces with no genuine circulation mandate — the standard fiduciary currency of the West African Economic and Monetary Union runs on aluminum-bronze and stainless steel. Applied colorization on silver flans became commercially fashionable among smaller issuing authorities in the early 2000s, and the BCEAO participated in that market through arrangements with European minting contractors, most commonly the Monnaie de Paris or private Swiss and German houses handling African sovereign contracts at the time.