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1000 Francs Multicolor orang-outan
| Issuer | Bank of Central African States |
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| Year | 2001 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | At center, a three-quarter facing bust of a traditionally coiffed African woman, her elaborately braided hair rendered in fine relief, her right hand raised to her chin in a contemplative pose. The portrait is set against a deeply mirrored proof field. The upper legend reads REPUBLIQUE DU TCHAD, with the national motto ·UNITÉ·TRAVAIL·PROGRÈS· arcing below it along the inner border. The denomination 1000 FRANCS appears in the lower exergue in bold relief lettering. |
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| Edge | Smooth |
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The Bank of Central African States — the BEAC — serves six member nations simultaneously, meaning commemorative issues like this one carry no single country's name but circulate under a supranational monetary authority headquartered in Yaoundé. The orangutan subject is zoologically incongruous: the species is native to Borneo and Sumatra, nowhere near Central Africa, placing this squarely in the wildlife commemorative genre produced for collector export rather than regional relevance.