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1000 Francs CFA Alexander Selkirk
| Issuer | Burkina Faso |
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| Year | 2014 |
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| Value | 1000 Francs CFA |
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| Reverse lettering | Alexander Selkirk Le Monde en Aventures |
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| Mintage | 2014 - Antique finish - 350 |
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Alexander Selkirk was marooned on Más a Tierra in the South Pacific in 1704 after a dispute with his captain, spending four years and four months alone before rescue — the experience that gave Daniel Defoe his template for Robinson Crusoe. Burkina Faso has no maritime history and no connection to Selkirk whatsoever; the coin exists purely within the prolific trade-coin industry that licenses exotic issuing authorities to produce silver collectibles for the European and North American numismatic market.
Más a Tierra was renamed Robinson Crusoe Island by the Chilean government in 1966, specifically to attract tourism.