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1000 Francs Clade Mortis
| Issuer | Cameroon (1960-date) |
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| Year | 2018 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Reverse description | Central motif is a highly detailed, three-dimensional carved human skull in high relief, featuring a dramatically enlarged and domed frontal bone rendered in an antiqued finish. A gilded serpent is depicted descending across the skull, its body coiling naturally over the cranial structure. The surrounding field is covered entirely in a deeply engraved snakeskin scale pattern that provides a rich textural contrast to the central design elements. The series title CARVED SKULL and the Latin legend CLADE MORTIS appear as inscriptions flanking or below the primary motif. |
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| Edge | Smooth |
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The "Clade Mortis" series belongs to Cameroon's long-running program of collectible issues produced almost entirely for the international numismatic market — coins that will never circulate domestically and bear no meaningful relationship to the CFA franc monetary system the country actually uses. Cameroon joined the CFA zone at independence in 1960 and has issued commemoratives of this kind through arrangements with foreign minting contractors, a common revenue strategy among smaller francophone African states.
KM#134 is one of several themed silver rounds issued under Cameroonian authority in 2018, produced to one-troy-ounce specification.