Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
1000 Francs CFA Introduction Euro
| Issuer | Banque des États de l'Afrique Centrale (BEAC) |
|---|---|
| Year | 2002 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | A naturalistic spray of cocoa (Theobroma cacao) branches occupies the central field, rendered in fine relief with detailed depiction of elongated cocoa pods, blossoms, and compound leaves. The denomination 1000 FRANCS is prominently inscribed in two lines in the upper field above the botanical motif. A circular legend running around the periphery names the six member states of the Central African monetary union, separated by periods. |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
The BEAC issued this piece in 2002 to mark the eurozone's cash changeover — the moment when twelve European nations simultaneously retired their physical currencies in January of that year. The connection to Central Africa is indirect but deliberate: the CFA franc issued by BEAC is pegged to the euro at a fixed rate of 655.957, guaranteed by the French Treasury, a monetary arrangement that dates to 1945 and remains politically contentious to this day.
The coin is a commemorative with no circulation mandate, produced for the collector market.