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1500 Francs CFA The Thinker
| Issuer | Banque Centrale des États de l'Afrique de l'Ouest |
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| Year | 2007 |
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| Technique | Proof |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Central field depicts a detailed relief rendition of Auguste Rodin's celebrated sculpture 'The Thinker', portraying a muscular male nude figure seated in deep contemplation, chin resting upon one hand with elbow on knee, atop a naturalistic rocky base. A beaded inner border frames the design. The legend 'A. RODIN' arcs along the upper left periphery and 'LE PENSEUR' along the upper right. The date '2007' appears in the lower left field. |
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The Banque Centrale des États de l'Afrique de l'Ouest — the shared central bank for eight West African nations operating under the CFA franc zone — issued this miniature gold piece as part of a broader wave of art-themed collector coinage that flooded the market in the mid-2000s. These issues were struck not for circulation but as numismatic products sold through European distributors, with Rodin's 1904 bronze bearing no particular connection to the issuing region.