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3000 Francs King Tut

Issuer Chad
Year 2016
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Weight 155.5 g
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Obverse lettering REPUBLIQUE DU TCHAD UNITE TRAVAIL PROGRES 2016 5 TROY OZ 3000 FRANCS CFA .999 FINE SILVER
(Translation: Republic of Chad Unity Work Progress)
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Chad has no meaningful historical connection to Tutankhamun or ancient Egypt, and the country's involvement here is purely jurisdictional — one of several African nations that license their minting authority to European producers for collector-market issues with no domestic circulation intent. This particular piece is part of a broader wave of large-format silver issues targeting the bullion-collector crossover market that expanded sharply after 2010.

KM#40 for Chad is a thin catalog entry, and that itself says something.

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