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2 Cauri L'île de Syppo
| Issuer | Syppo Island (African tribes) |
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| Year | 2008 |
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| Weight | 29.2 g |
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| Reverse description | Central design featuring two cocoa pods in high relief, depicted with naturalistic surface texture showing the characteristic ridged and dimpled skin of ripe cacao fruit. Surrounding the central motif is a ring of twelve stylized floral or rosette symbols evenly spaced around the inner border. The date '2008' appears at the top of the field, while the denomination 'Deux Cauri' is inscribed in two lines at the bottom. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Syppo Island has no recognized existence as a political or geographic entity, and "Cauri" — while derived from the French rendering of cowrie, the shell currency used across West and Central Africa for centuries — has never been an official monetary denomination of any sovereign or tribal authority. This piece belongs to a category of fantasy issues produced in the 2000s, typically licensed through novelty trading companies and assigned World Coin catalog numbers in the X (unofficial) series precisely because no legitimate issuing authority exists.