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50 Francs
| Issuer | Banque Centrale des Comores |
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| Year | 2001 |
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| Diameter | 23.9 mm |
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| Obverse description | Central design features a stylized mosque with a prominent minaret rising from a colonnaded structure, flanked by vegetation on either side. An Arabic legend curves along the upper portion of the field. The coin border is composed of a continuous beaded rim. The mint mark appears in the lower exergue area below the central design. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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The Comoros franc has been pegged to the French franc — and later the euro — since the islands' monetary arrangement with France was formalized, insulating the currency from the volatility that plagued many post-colonial African economies. The KM#16a designation distinguishes this nickel-plated steel composition from the earlier nickel version (KM#16), a substitution made as raw material costs pushed mints across the franc zone to cheaper planchets through the 1990s and into the 2000s.