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1000 Francs CFA Rhynchocyon Chrysopygus
| Issuer | Ivory Coast |
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| Year | 2006 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIQUE DE COTE D`IVOIRE 1000 FRANCS CFA (Translation: Republic of Ivory Coast) |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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The golden-rumped sengi — Rhynchocyon chrysopygus — is endemic to the coastal forests of Kenya, not West Africa. Ivory Coast had no ecological or political claim to the animal whatsoever. This coin belongs to a wave of Ivorian collector issues from the mid-2000s that systematically mined global biodiversity for subject matter, issued under licensing arrangements common to small-denomination CFA states seeking hard currency from the numismatic market rather than from circulation.
The series was never intended for use as money. KM#19 is a pure exonumia play.