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500 Francs CFA Russia Bottle Cap
| Issuer | Republic of Chad |
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| Year | 2021 |
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| Value | 500 Francs CFA |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Crimped (bottle-cap style) |
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Chad has issued novelty coinage under its CFA franc authority since the mid-2010s, largely through arrangements with the European Mint and similar private minting houses targeting the collector market rather than circulation. This particular piece belongs to a series reproducing the caps of internationally recognized spirit and beverage brands — a format that requires licensing agreements and generates considerable secondary-market speculation about which brands will appear next.
The Russian connection here almost certainly predates the sanctions environment that complicated such arrangements after February 2022.