The Bank of Central African States serves six member nations simultaneously — Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, and the Republic of the Congo — making any coin it issues nominally legal tender across a currency union that spans roughly five million square kilometers. This Unicorn issue belongs to a collector-focused bullion and commemorative program that BEAC launched in the early 2010s to generate hard currency revenue, a strategy common among smaller monetary unions with limited numismatic infrastructure of their own. The series was struck under contract rather than at any BEAC facility.
The Bank of Central African States serves six member nations simultaneously — Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, and the Republic of the Congo — making any coin it issues nominally legal tender across a currency union that spans roughly five million square kilometers. This Unicorn issue belongs to a collector-focused bullion and commemorative program that BEAC launched in the early 2010s to generate hard currency revenue, a strategy common among smaller monetary unions with limited numismatic infrastructure of their own. The series was struck under contract rather than at any BEAC facility.