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250 Francs Lion
| Issuer | Banque Nationale de Djibouti |
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| Year | 2018 |
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| Value | 250 Francs |
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| Obverse description | In the upper left field, the national arms of Djibouti — a vertical spear flanked by a Somali dagger and a laurel branch, surmounted by a hand and enclosed within a wreath — are displayed in high relief. The denomination '250 FRANCS' appears in the lower left field. A cutout silhouette of a walking lion occupies the lower right portion of the design, creating a distinctive negative-space effect. The curved legend 'REPUBLIQUE DE DJIBOUTI' arcs across the upper rim. The date '2018' is inscribed in the lower exergue. |
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| Mintage | 2018 - - 7,500 |
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Djibouti's national currency has been pegged to the US dollar at a fixed rate since 1973 — an arrangement that has never changed — which makes a silver bullion issue denominated in francs something of an anomaly: a collector product dressed in the clothing of a currency that functionally shadows the dollar. KM#63 is essentially a modern bullion piece with a nominal face value carrying no real monetary weight.