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250 Francs CFA Megateuthis Gigantea
| Issuer | Senegal |
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| Year | 2022 |
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| Currency | CFA franc (1945-date) |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Mintage | 2022 - Proof - 5,000 |
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*Megateuthis gigantea* was a Jurassic-era cephalopod reaching estimated lengths of two meters — one of the largest squid-like creatures in the fossil record, known almost entirely from its guards (the solid internal calcite rods that fossilize readily while soft tissue vanishes). Senegal's inclusion of it in a gold fractional series continues a pattern of Francophone West African nations issuing collector coinage under CFA authority featuring subjects entirely unconnected to regional natural history, with production almost certainly contracted to a European private mint rather than struck domestically.