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1000 Francs CFA The Jaguar - Irregular
| Issuer | Burkina Faso |
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| Year | 2016 |
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| Weight | 28.35 g |
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| Reverse description | The reverse depicts a jaguar at rest amid lush tropical foliage, rendered in high relief with finely detailed spotted fur and alert facial expression. The big cat is shown in a recumbent pose atop rocky ground, surrounded by intricately engraved fern fronds and vegetation evocative of a South American rainforest habitat. The date 2016 appears in small characters in the lower field beneath the central design. The irregular planchet contour follows the outline of the resting jaguar, enhancing the naturalistic three-dimensional effect of this collector issue. |
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| Reverse lettering | 2016 |
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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.