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500 Francs CFA Christopher Columbus
| Issuer | Chad |
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| Year | 2025 |
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| Currency | CFA franc (Bank of Central African States, 1973-date) |
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| Obverse description | The coat of arms of the Republic of Chad occupies the central field, with the date 2025 and the denomination 500 FRANCS CFA inscribed below. The legend REPUBLIQUE DU TCHAD arcs along the upper periphery, while the weight and fineness designations 1 TROY OZ and 999 FINE SILVER appear in the lower field. The entire design is framed by a decorative border composed of panots, the distinctive hexagonal ground tiles characteristic of Barcelona's pavements, rendered in fine relief. |
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| Reverse description | The central field depicts the celebrated Columbus Monument of Barcelona, the tall commemorative column surmounted by a figure of Christopher Columbus pointing outward, as found at the foot of La Rambla. Weight and fineness designations flank the monument at either side. The background is adorned with Gaudí-inspired trencadís mosaic detailing. The inscription BARCELONA arcs along the lower portion of the field, and the entire design is encircled by a border of panots, the distinctive hexagonal pavement tiles emblematic of the city. |
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Chad has no historical connection to Christopher Columbus whatsoever — this is a collector-market issue produced under Chad's monetary authority purely as a licensing vehicle, a practice that proliferated among CFA franc nations after the 1990s when several central African states began authorizing private mints to strike themed bullion and numismatic pieces for the European and Asian collector trade. The issuing country is functionally nominal.
One troy ounce of .999 silver at 38.5 mm places this squarely within the modern bullion-format collector coin pipeline dominated by mints such as Mint of Poland and B.H. Mayer's.