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1000 Francs CFA Saint John Paul II Death
| Issuer | Burkina Faso |
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| Year | 2015 |
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| Weight | 31.1 g |
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| Obverse description | The national coat of arms of Burkina Faso is centrally depicted in high relief, featuring a heraldic shield charged with a gold five-pointed star, supported by two rampant white stallions facing inward, with crossed spears behind the shield. An open book appears at the base of the arms, and a scroll bearing the national motto is rendered across the lower portion of the device. The circular legend REPUBLIQUE DU BURKINA FASO arcs along the upper periphery, while the denomination 1000 FRANCS CFA is inscribed in bold relief along the lower field. |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIQUE DU BURKINA FASO BURKINA FASO Unité Progrés Justice 1000 FRANCS CFA (Translation: Republic of Burkina Faso Unity, Progress, Justice) |
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John Paul II died in April 2005, and the decade that followed saw an extraordinary volume of commemorative coinage issued across multiple jurisdictions — many bearing little administrative connection to the Vatican or to Poland. Burkina Faso, as a CFA franc zone member, has issued numerous collector coins through licensed arrangements with European minting agencies, the actual production typically handled by facilities in Poland, Austria, or the Czech Republic rather than anywhere near Ouagadougou.
He was canonized in April 2014, roughly a year before this coin's issue date.