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3000 Francs CFA Johann Sebastian Bach
| Issuer | Chad |
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| Year | 2025 |
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| Composition | Gold (.9999) |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIQUE DU TCHAD UNITE TRAVAIL PROGRES 3000 FRANCS CFA (Translation: Republic of Chad Unity Work Progress) |
| Reverse description | A finely detailed portrait relief of the German composer Johann Sebastian Bach is depicted in the central field, shown in three-quarter bust facing right, rendered in the Baroque portrait tradition. To the left of the effigy, a musical staff with notes alludes to his celebrated compositional legacy. The inscriptions JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH and his birth and death years 1685–1750 appear prominently, along with the issue year 2025 and the specifications 1/2 G. 9999 FINEST GOLD. |
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Chad has no historical connection to Bach whatsoever. This is a bullion-adjacent collector piece issued under the CFA franc framework, where the Banque des États de l'Afrique Centrale authorizes member states to produce numismatic items that bear little relation to national identity or monetary need. Such issues are manufactured almost exclusively for the European and Asian collector markets.
At 0.5 grams of .9999 fine gold, the metal value hovers near spot for a fractional piece — Bach died in Leipzig in 1750, leaving an estate inventoried at a modest sum that included no gold coins of comparable purity.