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 Rusalka, blue
| Issuer | Bank of Central African States (BEAC) |
|---|---|
| Year | 2022 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| 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 | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| 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 | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | A Rusalka, the Slavic mythological water spirit depicted as a mermaid, rises dramatically from a rippling aquatic surface, her sinuous fish tail curling to the right amid water lilies and lotus blossoms. The figure is rendered in high relief with flowing hair billowing upward, her upper body partially draped in scales, with hands clasped before her chest in a haunting, ethereal pose. The entire design is finished in a vivid blue colorization evoking an underwater atmosphere. Slavic folk-art inspired decorative motifs, including a turtle and a geometric solar symbol, appear in the lower field. The inscriptions naming the subject and series are incused in the lower portion of the field. |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Reeded |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
The Bank of Central African States serves six member nations — Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, and the Republic of the Congo — yet issues collector coins that have essentially no circulation relationship to those economies. This piece is a pure numismatic export product, designed and almost certainly struck in Europe for the global collector market, with the BEAC lending its issuing authority in exchange for a share of seigniorage revenue.
The KM#504.1 suffix indicates a variant within a multi-piece release; a .2 exists with differing colorization.