Megalania prisca, the giant Australian monitor lizard, died out roughly 40,000 years ago — well within the period of human habitation on the continent, meaning Aboriginal Australians almost certainly encountered it. Its connection to Senegal or the CFA franc zone is nonexistent, which places this squarely in the category of bullion-adjacent novelty issues produced for the collector market rather than any meaningful monetary or historical purpose. The BCEAO authorizes these fractional gold pieces knowing full well they will never circulate.
Megalania prisca, the giant Australian monitor lizard, died out roughly 40,000 years ago — well within the period of human habitation on the continent, meaning Aboriginal Australians almost certainly encountered it. Its connection to Senegal or the CFA franc zone is nonexistent, which places this squarely in the category of bullion-adjacent novelty issues produced for the collector market rather than any meaningful monetary or historical purpose. The BCEAO authorizes these fractional gold pieces knowing full well they will never circulate.