5000 Francs CFA Pegasus

The CFA franc zone has become one of the more prolific venues for large-format silver bullion issues aimed squarely at the collector market, with member states like Ivory Coast lending their nominal authority to coins that will never circulate domestically. The 155.5g specification — exactly five troy ounces — is a deliberate commercial choice by the issuing agent, almost certainly a European mint operating under license.

Pegasus has been a recurring subject across multiple CFA-zone issues from different nominal issuers, making individual attribution within the series genuinely tricky without confirmed mintage data.