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500 Francs CFA Irish Red Deer
| Issuer | Chad |
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| Year | 2019 |
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| Value | 500 Francs CFA |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A standing Irish Red Deer stag is depicted in high relief at the center of the field, its prominent antlers stylized with interlaced Celtic knotwork and geometric decorative elements. The overall composition reflects the Celtic Animals series, blending naturalistic animal portraiture with traditional Celtic ornamental motifs. The legend CELTIC ANIMALS and IRISH RED DEER are inscribed within the design, accompanied by the inscriptions 1oz and 999 Fine Silver denoting the coin's weight and purity. |
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Chad has issued collector silver under the Banque des États de l'Afrique Centrale framework for decades, typically through European minting intermediaries with no meaningful connection to the subject matter — this piece being no exception. The Irish red deer, Cervus elaphus hibernicus, was a genuinely distinct subspecies that survived on the island of Ireland until roughly 5,000 years ago, hunted to extinction well before any centralized state existed there.
The KM#65 attribution places it within a sprawling Chad wildlife series that has accumulated dozens of entries since the 2000s.