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20 Shillings - Sub-Saharan African Union
| Issuer | Sub-Saharan African Union (Fantasy) |
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| Year | 2019 |
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| Composition | Polymer |
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| Obverse description | A colourful tribal mask vignette occupies the left margin, beside a central scene of a woman in traditional dress carrying a vessel on her head against a village backdrop. A large portrait of a young woman in a blue headwrap and gold hoop earrings fills the right side, framed by an ornate guilloche border in yellow and blue. |
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| Reverse description | Two large kudu antelopes dominate the left foreground in fine intaglio-style rendering, with additional antelope set against an arid plain; the Great Mosque of Djenné rises in the right background. The border comprises geometric African textile motifs in navy and ochre on a yellow ground, with the denomination numeral repeated at upper left and lower right. |
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A fantasy issue with no issuing authority, no backing institution, and no monetary system behind it. The "Sub-Saharan African Union" does not exist as a political or economic entity. Franck Medina, a French graphic artist, has produced several of these speculative polymer pieces — collectible as design objects, not as numismatic documents in any traditional sense.
Catalog inclusion reflects collector demand for the category, not documentary significance.