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50 Francs CFA Elephant
| Issuer | Burkina Faso |
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| Year | 2017 |
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| Value | 50 Francs CFA |
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| Obverse description | The national coat of arms of Burkina Faso occupies the central field, rendered in detail with its traditional heraldic elements. The country name REPUBLIQUE DU BURKINA FASO arcs along the upper legend in Latin script, while the denomination 50 FRANCS CFA is inscribed along the lower portion of the coin. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Burkina Faso issues coinage through the Banque Centrale des États de l'Afrique de l'Ouest, the regional central bank governing the eight-nation West African Economic and Monetary Union. The franc CFA itself was pegged to the French franc at a fixed rate from 1948 until 1994, when France devalued it by 50% in a single overnight decision — the most disruptive monetary event in francophone West Africa in the postwar period. Coins circulate across all BCEAO member states regardless of which country's name appears on the face.