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100 Francs Una and the Lion
| Issuer | Bank of Central African States (BEAC) |
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| Year | 2019 |
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| Value | 100 Francs CFA |
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| Obverse lettering | · ELIZABETH II · 100 FRANCS CFA · 20 19 IRB REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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The "Una and the Lion" design originates with William Wyon's celebrated 1839 pattern for the young Queen Victoria — a piece never intended for circulation and struck in extremely limited numbers for presentation purposes. BEAC's adoption of it nearly two centuries later for a Central African issue is a purely commercial decision, part of a broader wave of bullion and collector miniatures marketed to European buyers with no particular connection to the issuing authority's monetary history.