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1000 Francs Decay
| Issuer | Chad |
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| Year | 2017 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Reverse description | A highly detailed, high-relief depiction of a skeletal gargoyle grotesque dominates the field, rendered in antique finish with fine engraving. The creature, exhibiting a skull-like visage and exposed ribcage, is entwined by a large coiled serpent whose scaled body wraps around the figure's torso and arms. Broad bat-like wings are spread to either side, framing Gothic cathedral architecture in the background field to the left and right. The curved legend GARGOYLES & GROTESQUES arcs across the upper portion of the field in an italic serif typeface. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Chad's 2017 issues in this series were produced by a European private mint operating under a licensing arrangement with the Banque des États de l'Afrique Centrale — a structure common among modern commemorative programs where the issuing nation's involvement is largely nominal. These coins were never intended for circulation in Chad itself.
The "Decay" theme places this piece within a broader collector series exploring entropy and transformation, marketed primarily to European and North American buyers.