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1000 Francs Multicolor Boeing 747
| Issuer | Republic of Chad |
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| Year | 2002 |
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| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIQUE DU TCHAD • UNITE • TRAVAIL • PROGRES • 1000 FRANCS |
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Chad's early 2000s collector coin program was a commercial licensing operation, essentially — the government sold its minting authority to European distributors who contracted designs through private mints, most commonly in Germany and Austria. The Boeing 747 issue is one of dozens of themed pieces from this arrangement, targeting thematic collectors rather than any domestic Chadian market.
The multicolor application was achieved through pad printing directly onto the struck surface, a technique that gained traction in the late 1990s novelty coin trade after the Royal Canadian Mint demonstrated its commercial viability.