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| Issuer | Banque des États de l'Afrique Centrale (BEAC) |
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| Year | 2016 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIQUE DU TCHAD 3000 FRANCS CFA |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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The Sacré-Cœur series is one of several European landmark issues BEAC has produced for the collector market — coins struck not for circulation but purely as legal-tender bullion novelties, authorized under the issuing rights of member states including Cameroon, Chad, and the Central African Republic. At 0.5 grams of .999 gold, the piece holds almost no bullion value, and its real market exists entirely among thematic collectors of miniature gold and religious iconography issues.
KM#205 is catalogued under the broader BEAC commemorative program that expanded sharply after 2010, when several central African issuers began licensing European minting houses — primarily in Germany and Belgium — to produce small-format gold pieces for the European gift market rather than for domestic use.