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5000 Francs CFA Baby Smilodon
| Issuer | Burkina Faso |
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| Year | 2013 |
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| Composition | Silver (.999) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Burkina Faso has no historical or cultural connection to Smilodon — the saber-toothed cat was native to the Americas and had been extinct for roughly 10,000 years before any human settlement of West Africa. This is a pure collector issue, produced under license through a European bullion and novelty coin distributor, using Burkina Faso's issuing authority as a convenient vehicle. The country has been a prolific source of such thematic silver pieces since the early 2000s, its name lending nominal sovereign legitimacy to products aimed squarely at the novelty numismatic market.