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1000 Francs CFA Bear
| Issuer | Cameroon (1960-date) |
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| Year | 2025 |
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| Value | 1000 Francs CFA |
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| Reverse description | A large, highly detailed high-relief effigy of a roaring brown bear (Ursus arctos) dominates the centre of the field, depicted in a frontal seated posture with mouth wide open revealing teeth and tongue, its fur rendered with exceptional engraving detail. To the left, conifer branches and a decorative shield bearing the numeral 7 and crossed rifles — emblem of the Big Seven series — are visible in the field. The curved legend BIG SEVEN · RUSSIA · 2025 arcs along the upper and right periphery of the coin. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Cameroon's CFA franc is issued under the authority of the BEAC — the Bank of Central African States — meaning Yaoundé has no unilateral control over its own monetary policy. Collector issues like this one are licensed through external minting arrangements, typically with European private mints, and the revenue flows back to the issuing authority rather than funding circulation coinage.
The brown bear depicted here has no particular connection to Cameroonian fauna; the species is absent from Central Africa entirely. These cross-regional wildlife themes are a known commercial strategy in the modern bullion and numismatic collector market, where the issuing country's name functions essentially as a licensing vehicle.