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1000 Francs CFA Saddle-billed Stork
| Issuer | Banque Centrale des États de l'Afrique de l'Ouest |
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| Year | 2005 |
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| Technique | Milled, Colored |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse displays a vivid polychrome enamel depiction of a Saddle-billed Stork (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis) standing in a wetland habitat, rendered with characteristic black and white plumage, a distinctive red and black saddle-billed beak, and red feet. The bird is shown in profile, surrounded by a stylized naturalistic scene of blue water, green vegetation, and aquatic grasses. The scientific name EPHIPPIORHYNCHUS SENEGALENSIS arcs along the upper periphery in raised Latin lettering, and the date 2005 appears in the lower right field. |
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The Banque Centrale des États de l'Afrique de l'Ouest — the common central bank for the eight-nation West African Economic and Monetary Union — issued a series of wildlife-themed silver pieces in the mid-2000s aimed squarely at the collector market rather than circulation. These were produced under licensing arrangements typical of small-mintage commemorative programs, with actual striking almost certainly contracted to a European mint rather than performed within the BCEAO member states.
KM# 105 places this among a cluster of related issues from the same period. Mintage figures for these releases were rarely published with transparency.