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1000 Francs Merry Christmas
| Issuer | Bank of Central African States (BEAC) |
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| Year | 2019 |
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| Weight | 28.28 g |
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| Obverse description | The obverse features a centrally recessed concave insert housing a gilt five-pointed star in the field. Surrounding the insert, the entire field is elaborately decorated with a high-relief pattern of intricately detailed snowflakes of varying sizes, interspersed with five-pointed stars rendered with selective coloring in white and dark tones. The peripheral legend reads REPUBLIQUE DU CAMEROUN along the left arc and 2019 and 1000 FRANCS CFA along the right arc, all in Latin script. |
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| Obverse lettering | RÉPUBLIQUE DU CAMEROUN 2019 1000 FRANCS CFA (Translation: Republic of Cameroon.) |
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The Bank of Central African States issues commemorative silver outside its normal monetary mandate largely for the international collector market — these pieces circulate in name only across the six CEMAC member states (Cameroon, CAR, Chad, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon) and are never intended for commercial use. The selective gilding technique, applied post-strike, became increasingly common in collector coinage after the late 1990s as mints competed for premium shelf space in the holiday gift segment.