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1000 Francs Multicolor McDonnell Douglas DC-9 over mountains
| Issuer | Bank of Central African States |
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| Year | 2003 |
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| Technique | Milled, Colored |
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| Obverse description | Central field features a low-relief bust of a young African woman with an elaborately braided coiffure, her hand raised pensively to her chin, facing slightly right. The peripheral legend REPUBLIQUE DU TCHAD arcs along the upper rim in raised Latin characters, while the national motto UNITE · TRAVAIL · PROGRES curves in a secondary arc below it within the inner border. The denomination 1000 FRANCS is inscribed in large raised letters along the lower rim. The overall design is executed in a refined matte-relief style characteristic of proof coinage. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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The Bank of Central African States — the BEAC — serves six member nations (Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, and Gabon), none of which operate a domestic commercial aviation industry of any significance. Collector issues like this one were a frank revenue exercise, licensing aviation imagery to generate foreign exchange from numismatic markets rather than addressing any domestic commemorative purpose.
The DC-9, by 2003, had been out of production for over two decades, its final delivery made in 1982.