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1500 Francs CFA European Football Championship 2008
| Issuer | Ivory Coast |
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| Year | 2007 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIQUE DE COTE D`IVOIRE 1500 FRANCS CFA (Translation: Republic of Ivory Coast) |
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| Reverse lettering | CHAMPIONNAT EUROPÉEN DE FOOTBALL 2008 2007 INNSBRÜCK ·SUISSE/AUTRICHE· (Translation: European Football Championship Innsbrück Switzerland/Austria) |
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Ivory Coast issued this piece in 2007 ahead of Euro 2008 — a tournament held in Austria and Switzerland that the country had no sporting connection to whatsoever. These small-format gold issues were a revenue instrument, sold to collectors through distribution networks in Europe rather than circulated domestically. The CFA franc zone's monetary authority, the BCEAO, had no hand in authorizing commemorative programs of this type; individual member states contracted directly with private minting houses, which explains the proliferation of tangentially themed issues from West African issuers throughout the 2000s.