Chad's millennium coinage was issued under the authority of the Bank of Central African States (BEAC), which serves six franc-zone nations collectively — meaning this piece was produced not from any domestic monetary need but as a pure commemorative export, almost certainly struck at a European facility for the collector market rather than Ndjamena.
Chad's millennium coinage was issued under the authority of the Bank of Central African States (BEAC), which serves six franc-zone nations collectively — meaning this piece was produced not from any domestic monetary need but as a pure commemorative export, almost certainly struck at a European facility for the collector market rather than Ndjamena.