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10 000 Francs The Birth of Venus
| Issuer | Cameroon (1960-date) |
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| Year | 2023 |
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| Currency | CFA franc (Bank of Central African States, 1973-date) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | THE BIRTH OF VENUS |
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Cameroon has issued commemorative silver under its own authority since independence in 1960, but the country's high-denomination franc pieces have no meaningful relationship to domestic monetary circulation — they are produced exclusively for the international collector market, typically through European minting intermediaries. The CFA franc itself is managed by the BEAC, and coins of this face value have never functioned as legal tender in any practical sense within the country.
The 1-kilogram format places this squarely in a category of modern bullion-adjacent collectibles minted to spec for the numismatic trade, not the treasury.