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20 000 Francs CFA Giraffe
| Emittent | Bank of Central African States (BEAC) |
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| Jahr | 1996 |
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| Material | Silver (.999) |
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| Aversbeschreibung | A draped female allegorical figure, seated and facing slightly right, holds a stone tablet inscribed with the national motto UNITE TRAVAIL PROGRES in three lines within the field. The legend REPUBLIQUE DU CONGO curves along the upper periphery, while the denomination 20.000 FRANCS is inscribed in two lines along the lower rim. The figure's hair is arranged in a classical upswept style, and her robes fall in flowing folds, lending the design a neoclassical character. The field is deeply mirrored in keeping with the proof finish. |
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| Averslegende | REPUBLIQUE DU CONGO UNITE TRAVAIL PROGRES 20.000 FRANCS (Translation: Republic of Congo Unity Work Progress) |
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The BEAC issued this oversized piece as part of a broader wave of large-format silver issues that swept through Francophone African monetary authorities in the 1990s, largely driven by European bullion dealers and numismatic distributors seeking novel products for collector markets. The coins were legal tender in name, but no one ever spent one. The issuing authority — a supranational central bank serving Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, and Gabon — had little operational involvement in the distribution chain.
At a kilogram of .999 silver, the face value of 20,000 francs CFA was nominal fiction at the time of issue.