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1000 Francs SMS Hohenzollern
| Issuer | Cameroon (1960-date) |
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| Year | 2017 |
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| Value | 1000 Francs CFA |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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The SMS Hohenzollern was the imperial yacht of Kaiser Wilhelm II, used extensively for diplomatic voyages and serving as a floating command post during several early twentieth-century foreign policy crises, including the 1905 Agadir-related tensions at Tangier. The vessel was interned and effectively decommissioned after 1918.
Cameroon's use of the ship as a coin subject is rooted in the territory's history as a German protectorate from 1884 until the British and French partition following World War I. The Hohenzollern visited German Kamerun waters during the colonial period, giving the issuer a plausible — if loosely stretched — territorial connection to the subject.