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5000 Francs CFA Forbidden Dragon
| Issuer | Republic of Chad |
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| Year | 2023 |
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| Weight | 171.05 g |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Chad has issued commemorative coinage under licensing arrangements with the Bavarian State Mint and similar European producers for years, with the Republic functioning largely as a nominal issuer while the creative and technical work originates entirely abroad. The arrangement is commercially straightforward: a sovereign name on a large-format novelty piece opens access to collector markets that a European mint alone cannot reach.
The "Forbidden Dragon" belongs to a loose series of oversized copper-core pieces finished in silver plate — not struck in solid silver despite the .999 designation, which refers only to the plating. Buyers caught by that distinction have driven considerable secondary-market complaint within the collector community.