1000 Francs Saint Bernard

The Bank of Central African States issues coinage on behalf of six member nations — Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, and Gabon — under a monetary union whose franc zone arrangements trace back to post-independence agreements with France in the early 1960s. The Saint Bernard series sits within BEAC's collector program, which has leaned heavily on bimetallic and insert formats since the 2010s to attract the international bullion and novelty markets rather than domestic circulation.

The gold insert is applied separately during production, making quality control on centering a known inconsistency across pieces in this series.