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500 Francs CFA Hanging Gardens of Babylon
| Issuer | Ivory Coast |
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| Year | 2008 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Reverse description | A detailed relief depiction of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon occupies the central field, rendered as a monumental terraced structure with arched colonnades, broad staircases, lush vegetation, and decorative flora at multiple levels, evoking the legendary ancient wonder. The date 2008 appears in the right field. The upper legend *JARDINS SUSPENDUS DE BABYLONE* arcs around the top periphery, and the lower legend MERVEILLES DU MONDE DE L'ANTIQUITÉ curves along the bottom, both separated by star ornaments. |
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| Reverse lettering | *JARDINS SUSPENDUS DE BABYLONE* 2008 MERVEILLES DU MONDE DE L'ANTIQUITÉ (Translation: Hanging Gardens of Babylon Wonders of the Ancient World) |
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The Hanging Gardens of Babylon series, issued through the Banque Centrale des États de l'Afrique de l'Ouest under BCEAO licensing arrangements, represents one of several Seven Wonders collector programs that proliferated among West African franc-zone states in the late 2000s — nominally Ivorian issues but produced entirely for the international numismatic market, with no meaningful domestic circulation intended or achieved. Ivory Coast itself was barely a functional state at the time of striking, still fractured by the First Ivorian Civil War's aftermath and the political stalemate between Gbagbo's south and the Forces Nouvelles-controlled north.