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500 Francs CFA Inca Head
| Issuer | Senegal |
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| Year | 2024 |
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| Value | 500 Francs |
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| Obverse lettering | RÉPUBLIQUE DU SÉNÉGAL UN PEUPLE UN BUT UNE FOI 500 FRANCS CFA (Translation: Republic of Senegal One Nation, One Goal, One Faith) |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Senegal issues this coin under the authority of the BCEAO, the West African central bank governing the CFA franc zone — a monetary union whose franc has been pegged to the French franc, and later the euro, since 1948. The Inca subject has no geographical or historical connection to Senegal whatsoever; it belongs to a class of modern bullion and collector issues where the issuing country is effectively licensing its mint authority to a distributor, with the named nation receiving a fee rather than driving the creative brief.