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20 000 Francs CFA Operation Bokassa
| Issuer | Central African Republic |
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| Year | 1970 |
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| Technique | Proof |
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| Obverse lettering | RÉPUBLIQUE CENTRAFRICAINE 10e ANNIVERSAIRE DE L'INDEPENDANCE 1960 1970 JEAN BEDEL BOKASSA UNITÉ TRAVAIL DIGNITÉ |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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This coin was struck to commemorate Jean-Bédel Bokassa's seizure of power on January 1, 1966, when he overthrew President David Dacko in a bloodless coup. The four-year lag between the coup and this issue reflects the time it took Bokassa to consolidate enough political authority — and find enough foreign exchange — to commission a prestige gold series at all. France's Monnaie de Paris struck the pieces under contract.
Bokassa would crown himself Emperor eight years later in a ceremony that reportedly cost $30 million, roughly a quarter of the country's annual GDP.