250 Francs CFA Buggy kiting

Senegal issues coinage through the Banque Centrale des États de l'Afrique de l'Ouest, the shared central bank of the West African Economic and Monetary Union — meaning this piece carries Senegalese attribution largely for collector market purposes, as the BCEAO governs monetary policy across eight member states collectively. These small-format gold issues have become a reliable revenue stream for participating governments, produced almost entirely for the numismatic trade rather than any circulation function.