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1000 Francs Kaliningrad
| Issuer | Cameroon (1960-date) |
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| Year | 2020 |
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| Value | 1000 Francs CFA |
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| Reverse description | Central motif depicts a full-color scene of the Curonian Spit landscape set within the steering wheel of the barque Kruzenshtern, rendered in polychrome enamel. Surrounding the central vignette, an array of Kaliningrad's most celebrated landmarks is arranged in the field: the Royal Gate, Königsberg Cathedral, the Kaliningrad Regional Amber Museum, the monument to St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, the monument to the Fishermen, the monument to Empress Elizaveta Petrovna, and the barque Kruzenshtern itself. The Cyrillic legend 'КАЛИНИНГРАД' appears prominently, identifying the subject of the commemorative issue. |
| Reverse script | Cyrillic |
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Kaliningrad is a Russian exclave on the Baltic — physically separated from Russia by Lithuania and Belarus, formerly the Prussian city of Königsberg until Soviet annexation in 1945. Its inclusion on a Cameroonian commemorative is the work of the broader Central African CFA franc collector coin program, which has issued hundreds of topographic and historical subjects with no geographic connection to Cameroon whatsoever. The issuing authority is nominal; these coins are produced for the European collector market by private minting firms under licensing arrangements.
Königsberg was the city where Kant spent his entire life and where Prussian kings were crowned — a detail that gives the subject more historical weight than most entries in this series.