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1500 Francs CFA Kennedy's Assassination
| Issuer | Ivory Coast |
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| Year | 2013 |
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| Currency | CFA franc (1960-date) |
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| Reverse description | Right-facing bust portrait of John F. Kennedy occupies the central field, rendered in high relief with fine portrait detail showing his characteristic facial features and suit collar. The legend JOHN F. KENNEDY arcs along the upper periphery. To the left of the portrait, the dates 1917- / 1963 are inscribed, marking his birth and assassination years. A decorative laurel branch motif frames the lower portion of the design, with the year 2013 appearing in the exergue below. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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These small-format gold issues produced for the Ivory Coast by European minting houses — almost certainly the Monnaie de Paris or a Belgian contractor — occupy an awkward commercial niche: legally valid currency of a sovereign state, struck in negligible quantities, never intended for circulation, and sold almost entirely to thematic collectors in the anniversary market. The 50th anniversary of the Dallas assassination fell in November 2013, which explains the timing precisely.