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200 Francs Egypt's President Nasser
| Issuer | Chad |
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| Year | 1970 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | A relief map of the African continent occupies the central field, rendered with a granular texture to suggest terrain. The curved legend REPUBLIQUE DU TCHAD arcs along the upper left periphery, following the coin's rim. The denomination 200 F is inscribed in large numerals to the lower left of the map, within the open field. |
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| Reverse description | A bold, high-relief facing portrait of Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser dominates the central field, rendered with fine detail in the facial features and hair. An Arabic inscription curves along the lower left and lower right portions of the field, identifying the subject. The portrait is unframed, set against a plain, polished field. |
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Issued in the year of Gamal Abdel Nasser's death, this coin was part of a wave of commemorative issues produced by Francophone African states in the late 1960s and early 1970s — many struck by the Paris Mint on behalf of governments with little domestic minting infrastructure. Chad's connection to Nasser was ideological rather than geographic; his pan-Arab and pan-African rhetoric had made him a figure of considerable symbolic weight across the continent, and his death in September 1970 prompted swift commemorative responses from several nations.