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1000 Francs Pyramid
| Issuer | Banque Centrale de Djibouti |
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| Year | 2023 |
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| Currency | Djibouti Franc (1977-date) |
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| Obverse description | Positioned beneath the base of the pyramid, the obverse displays the coat of arms of the Republic of Djibouti in the central field. Surrounding inscriptions in Latin script denote the fineness of the silver, the face value of 1000 Francs, the total mass of the piece, and the year of issue 2023. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse takes the form of a three-dimensional sculptural pyramid inspired by the monuments of Ancient Egypt, its four sloping faces decorated with an intricate array of hieroglyphic symbols and sacred imagery evoking the ancient Egyptian concept of the afterlife journey. The surface relief is rendered in fine detail, with cartouches, symbolic motifs, and funerary iconography distributed across the pyramid's sides in a manner faithful to the decorative programmes of authentic Pharaonic architecture. |
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Djibouti's central bank has issued a succession of large-format silver kilo pieces in recent years, primarily targeting the international bullion collector market rather than any domestic monetary purpose. The 1000 Francs denomination is essentially nominal — at current silver spot, the metal value alone dwarfs any transactional use by several orders of magnitude.
KM#138 places this among a documented series, though secondary market liquidity for Djiboutian collector issues remains thin outside specialist auction houses.