Live auction - fwo_1164336 - CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC 5000 Francs Proof 10e Anniversaire de l’Indépendance en bronze doré 1970 Paris
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Live starting : Type : 5000 Francs Proof 10e Anniversaire de l’Indépendance en bronze doré
Date: 1970
Mint name / Town : Paris
Metal : gilt bronze
Diameter : 33 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 13,44 g.
Edge : striée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : REPUBLIQUE CENTRAFRICAINE / 10E ANNIVERSAIRE DE L’INDEPENDANCE / 1960 - 1970 / JEAN BEDEL BOKASSA / UNITE - DIGNITE - TRAVAL.
Obverse description : Portrait à gauche de Jean Bedel Bokassa.
Reverse
Reverse legend : 20E OLYMPIADE MUNICH / 1972 / FRANCS 5000 .
Reverse description : Lutteurs olympiques.
Historical background
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
In 1965, Colonel Jean-Bedel Bokassa seized power. He repeals the Constitution and declares himself president-marshal for life. On December 4, 1976, the extraordinary congress of the “renovated MESAN” proclaimed the Central African Empire. Marshal Bokassa becomes Emperor Bokassa I. He was crowned on December 4, 1977 with the help of France and he organized his “Napoleonic coronation”, filmed by TVs around the world. Under his regime, freedom of expression is suppressed and opponents are tried by military tribunals and, for the most part, sentenced to death..
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