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1000 Francs CFA The Jaguar - Irregular
| Issuer | Burkina Faso |
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| Year | 2016 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse description | The obverse bears the national coat of arms of Burkina Faso centrally positioned, featuring a shield flanked by two horses, with crossed tools above and an open book below, all within a circular legend. The arc legend reads REPUBLIQUE DU BURKINA FASO above the arms, with the denomination 1000 FRANCS CFA inscribed below. The fineness designation 1OZ AG .999 appears to the right in the field. The coin is struck in an irregular shape silhouetting a crouching feline form, giving the planchet itself a sculptural quality consistent with modern themed bullion issues. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Burkina Faso has issued a sustained series of privately commissioned collector pieces through the Monnaie de Paris and various European minting houses — coins that circulate almost exclusively in Western numismatic markets rather than domestically. The "Jaguar" designation here is puzzling given that jaguars are native to the Americas and have no geographic or cultural connection to Burkina Faso, which points squarely toward a coin designed for European and North American collector appeal rather than any national commemorative purpose.
KM#102 belongs to a category dealers sometimes call "fantasy issues" — legal tender by statute but never intended for circulation, produced under licensing arrangements that benefit the issuing state minimally through seigniorage fees.