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100 Francs Essai
| Issuer | Banque des États de l'Afrique Centrale |
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| Year | 1975 |
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| Value | 100 Francs CFA |
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| Obverse description | Three giant eland (Derby eland) heads facing left in three-quarter profile, depicted in high relief with finely engraved horns rising prominently above the field, set against a background of stylized savannah grasses rendered in low relief. The curved legend REPUBLIQUE DU TCHAD arcs along the upper periphery. The engraver's signature G.B.L.BAZOR appears to the right in the field, and the Monnaie de Paris mint mark is visible at the base of the design. |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIQUE DU TCHAD G.B.L.BAZOR |
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The Banque des États de l'Afrique Centrale — the shared central bank of the CFA franc zone's Central African members — periodically issued essais as official pattern strikes for governmental and institutional approval before committing to full production runs. This 1975 nickel essai exists in extremely limited numbers, produced almost certainly in Paris at the Monnaie de Paris, which held the BEAC's minting contracts throughout this period. Whether a corresponding circulation strike was ever authorized for this denomination and year is a separate question the essai itself cannot answer.