1000 Francs Chichen Itza

Descrizione del dritto	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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Informazioni aggiuntive	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.