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2500 Francs Abolition of Slavery
| Issuer | Burkina Faso |
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| Year | 2007 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse lettering | BURKINA FASO ESSAI 2007 UNITÉ · PROGRÈS · JUSTICE |
| Reverse description | A boldly rendered portrait bust of William Wilberforce, the British abolitionist statesman, facing slightly left and occupying the majority of the field in a three-quarter view, depicted with characteristically tousled hair and period costume. His name William Wilberforce is inscribed in a flowing script to the lower left of the portrait, with his life dates 1759-1833 appearing to the right. The curved commemorative legend Commémoration de l'abolition de l'esclavage arcs along the upper periphery, and the denomination 2500 francs is inscribed along the lower border. |
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Burkina Faso has no legal authority to issue the franc as currency — it uses the West African CFA franc, administered by the BCEAO. This piece, cataloged under KM's X# prefix for unofficial and fantasy issues, was produced for the international collector market rather than any domestic monetary purpose. The abolition subject matter places it within a wave of commemorative pieces issued around the 2007 bicentenary of Britain's Slave Trade Act, though Burkina Faso had no institutional role in that anniversary.