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1500 Francs CFA Temple of Artemis
| Issuer | Ivory Coast |
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| Year | 2010 |
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| Currency | CFA franc (1960-date) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | *MERVEILLES DU MONDE DE L'ANTIQUITE* 2010 *TEMPLE DE ARTÉMISE* (Translation: Wonders of the Ancient World Temple of Artemis) |
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The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus is one of the few Wonders of the Ancient World for which no reliable ancient image survives — its appearance is reconstructed almost entirely from fragmentary descriptions, coins of Ephesus, and foundation archaeology conducted in the 1860s by John Turtle Wood. Ivory Coast has no historical connection to the site whatsoever; this is a bullion-adjacent collector piece issued under the West African CFA franc system, where numerous small-mintage commemoratives are contracted through European minting houses targeting the numismatic market rather than domestic circulation.