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1500 Francs CFA Mausoleum of Halicarnassus
| Issuer | Ivory Coast |
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| Year | 2006 |
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| Value | 1500 Francs CFA |
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| Obverse description | Central field features the national coat of arms of Côte d'Ivoire, depicting an elephant head in the center flanked by two palm trees on a shield, with rays above. The circular legend REPUBLIQUE DE COTE D'IVOIRE arcs along the upper periphery in the field, while the denomination 1500 FRANCS CFA is prominently inscribed in the lower field. The overall design is rendered in high relief against a polished gold background. |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIQUE DE COTE D`IVOIRE 1500 FRANCS CFA (Translation: Republic of Ivory Coast) |
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The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus — built in the 350s BC for the Anatolian satrap Mausollus by his wife and sister Artemisia II — gave the English language the word "mausoleum" and stood largely intact until medieval Knights Hospitaller dismantled it for fortification stone in the 15th century. Ivory Coast's connection to the subject is purely commercial: the country issued dozens of these small-format gold pieces in the mid-2000s targeting the thematic collector market, cycling through the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World as a series.