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500 Francs
| Issuer | Wallis and Futuna (Overseas France) |
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| Year | 2011 |
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| Diameter | 28.5 mm |
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| Obverse description | Central design features a traditional ceremonial kava bowl (langoholio) rendered in relief within the inner bimetallic disc, flanked by two tall coconut palm trees rising symmetrically toward the upper field. A decorative banner below the bowl bears three symbolic emblems. The date 2011 appears in the upper field above the palms, and the territorial inscription WALLIS ET FUTUNA is displayed along the lower rim in raised Latin lettering. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Wallis and Futuna is one of the few French overseas collectivities without an elected local assembly with genuine fiscal authority, and its currency has always been the CFP franc — issued not by France directly but by the Institut d'émission d'outre-mer, established in 1966. Bimetallic issues for this territory are genuinely scarce in the numismatic record, with X# prefix attribution confirming this piece circulated as a non-standard or locally authorized issue rather than through the central IEOM production pipeline.