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250 Francs CFA Grizzly Bear
| Issuer | Senegal |
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| Year | 2020 |
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| Weight | 0.5 g |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a boldly composed split design: the left half of the field features a large, highly detailed grizzly bear paw print in high relief against a textured ground, while the right half depicts a finely engraved portrait of a grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) facing left, rendered with naturalistic fur texture. The series title PREDATORS arcs along the upper left, with the binomial Latin designation URSUS ARCTOS HORRIBILIS continuing along the upper right periphery. The date 2020 appears at the top centre, and the inscription 1/2 G .9999 FINEST GOLD is positioned along the lower field, denoting the coin's weight and fineness. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Senegal has issued CFA franc-denominated coinage since independence in 1960, but the country's mint relationship has always run through France and, increasingly, private European minting houses producing collector issues with no realistic path to circulation. This piece is one of those — a fractional gold product aimed squarely at the bullion gift market, with the grizzly bear carrying precisely zero relevance to Senegalese fauna or history.