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5000 Francs Independence
| Issuer | Chad |
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| Year | 1970 |
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| Value | 5000 Francs (5000 FCFA) |
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| Reverse description | Three-quarter facing portrait of General Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque in military uniform and peaked cap adorned with two stars, his gaze directed slightly upward. The engraver's initials G.S. appear in the lower left field. The legend GENERAL LECLERC arcs along the upper periphery, framed by a dotted border, and the commemorative date 1941 is inscribed in the exergue, also flanked by dots. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Chad gained independence from France on August 11, 1960, but the commemorative gold issues marking that event were produced years later — a common pattern among newly sovereign Francophone African states that lacked domestic minting infrastructure and depended on the Paris Mint to produce prestige coinage on delayed schedules. The 1970 date reflects the tenth anniversary series rather than a coin struck in the year of independence itself.
Mintages for these anniversary issues were small and largely absorbed by collectors and foreign investors rather than circulating domestically.