Chad has issued novelty "fantasy" pieces under the BEAC framework before, but this oversized copper slug with a silver wash occupies a stranger corner of the market: legal tender by decree, collectible by design, and economically absurd by construction. The coin's face value of 5000 CFA francs is worth roughly $8 USD, while the object itself retails for multiples of that on the collector market solely on the strength of its subject matter.
The copper core dominates — silver plating accounts for under 5% of the total mass.
Chad has issued novelty "fantasy" pieces under the BEAC framework before, but this oversized copper slug with a silver wash occupies a stranger corner of the market: legal tender by decree, collectible by design, and economically absurd by construction. The coin's face value of 5000 CFA francs is worth roughly $8 USD, while the object itself retails for multiples of that on the collector market solely on the strength of its subject matter.
The copper core dominates — silver plating accounts for under 5% of the total mass.