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500 Francs CFA Lady Godiva
| Issuer | Chad |
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| Year | 2023 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a full-color reproduction of the celebrated painting Lady Godiva by John Collier (1897), depicting the nude noblewoman astride a white horse, her long hair draped over her body, set against a medieval architectural background rendered in warm earth tones of red, brown, and ochre. The colorized scene is enclosed within an elaborate ornate gilt frame with scrollwork and acanthus leaf decoration, evoking the presentation of a framed oil painting on canvas. Several interlocking jigsaw puzzle pieces are shown partially removed from the lower-right section of the image, revealing the puzzle-coin concept. No legends or inscriptions appear on the reverse. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Chad's CFA franc is issued under the BEAC framework, which makes a Chadian coin depicting Lady Godiva — an 11th-century Anglo-Saxon noblewoman from Coventry whose legendary nude ride was likely a later medieval invention — a purely commercial collector piece with no connection to the issuing state's monetary history. These large-format silver-clad issues are produced for the numismatic market by European minting contractors, with Chad's name on the obverse serving an administrative rather than sovereign function.