1000 Francs CFA Kung fu cat

The Bank of Central African States — the issuing authority for Cameroon, Chad, the Central African Republic, the Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, and Gabon — has produced an extensive run of novelty bullion issues aimed squarely at the international collector market rather than domestic circulation. This piece has no meaningful connection to the issuing region's history, economy, or culture; it exists because the BEAC licensing arrangement generates revenue from foreign collector demand for exactly this kind of themed silver round dressed as legal tender.