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4500 Francs CFA / 3 Africa
| Issuer | Institut de Développement de l'Afrique Centrale (IDAC) |
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| Year | 2007 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | Facing bust of Pope John Paul II occupying the right half of the inner silver-toned disc, rendered in low relief with clerical collar visible. To the upper left, a commercial jet aircraft is depicted in flight above a cursive French-language memorial inscription reading «L'Afrique se souvient de Toi, Jean-Paul II» with the engraver's monogram «AM» below. The brass outer ring bears the legend 4500 CFA 2007 * REP. CENTRAFRICAINE * 14 AOUT 1985, the date referring to the Pope's pastoral visit to the Central African Republic. |
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| Edge | Segmented reeding |
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IDAC is not a central bank and issues no legal tender — these "3 Africa" pieces are fantasy coins produced for the collector market, with no monetary authority behind them and no circulation history anywhere on the continent. The denomination "4500 Francs CFA" has no official basis in the actual CFA franc zone, which is governed by the BEAC and BCEAO.