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1000 Francs CFA Soleil Royal
| Issuer | Ivory Coast |
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| Year | 2010 |
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| Diameter | 38.61 mm |
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| Obverse description | Central device depicts the national coat of arms of Côte d'Ivoire, featuring a shield bearing the head of an elephant in profile, surmounted by a rising sun with radiating flames, and flanked on either side by a palm tree. A scroll beneath the shield bears the legend REPUBLIQUE DE COTE D'IVOIRE. The circular outer legend REPUBLIQUE DE COTE D'IVOIRE arcs along the upper rim, while the denomination 1000 FRANCS CFA is inscribed in large characters along the lower field. |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIQUE DE COTE D'IVOIRE 1000 FRANCS CFA |
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The Soleil Royal was a 104-gun French first-rate ship of the line launched in 1670, the flagship of Admiral Tourville at the Battle of Beachy Head in 1690 — where the French fleet handed the Anglo-Dutch force one of its worst defeats of the age. She was run aground and burned by her own crew at Cherbourg two years later to prevent capture after the Battle of Barfleur.
Ivory Coast's commemorative program of this period issued numerous numismatic pieces under BCEAO licensing with no domestic circulation intended, produced primarily for the European collector market.