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5000 Francs CFA African Lion
| Issuer | Chad |
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| Year | 2018 |
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| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
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| Obverse description | Central field features a high-relief antique-finished map of the African continent occupying the majority of the coin's face, with Chad highlighted and delineated within its borders. The map is rendered with a deeply textured, blackened surface contrasting against the polished raised rim. The legend REPUBLIQUE DU TCHAD arcs along the upper periphery in Latin capitals, while the denomination 5000 FRANCS CFA, the date 2018, and the purity and weight designation 1oz 999 FINE SILVER are inscribed along the lower border. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Chad has no domestic mint and issues collector coins exclusively through licensing arrangements with foreign minting agencies — in this case the issue falls within the broad "African Big Five" and related wildlife series produced for multiple Central African Franc-zone states simultaneously, with the same reverse design sometimes appearing under different issuing nations in the same year. The numismatic legitimacy of these issues is a matter of ongoing debate among specialists, as the coins see no circulation within Chad itself and are produced purely for the international bullion and collector market.