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1000 Francs Chichen Itza
| Issuer | Republic of Chad |
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| Year | 1999 |
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| Weight | 15 g |
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| Obverse description | Central field depicts a stylized frontal bust of an African figure with an elaborate beaded or braided headdress rendered in fine relief, the face shown in three-quarter view with the hand raised to the chin in a contemplative pose. The surrounding legend reads REPUBLIQUE DU TCHAD along the upper periphery, with the national motto UNITE • TRAVAIL • PROGRES • arranged along the left arc. The denomination 1000 FRANCS appears in bold letters along the lower border. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Chad issued a series of silver pieces in the late 1990s under licensing arrangements common to landlocked African states with no meaningful domestic numismatic tradition — the coins were never intended for circulation and were produced entirely for the collector export market. The Chichen Itza piece is part of that run, almost certainly struck at a European private mint rather than any facility on the continent.
Chichen Itza itself was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1988, which drove a decade-long wave of commemorative issues from unrelated sovereignties cashing in on the recognition.