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15 000 Francs CFA White Swan
| Issuer | Bank of Central African States (BEAC) |
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| Year | 2022 |
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| Value | 15 000 Francs CFA |
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| Reverse description | Central field depicts a princess figure rendered in color, standing in a melancholy pose as she gazes toward a distant castle, the scene set beside a lakeside landscape beneath a large colored moon. The composition employs rich polychrome color application to evoke a fairy-tale narrative, with the castle and moonlit sky forming a detailed scenic backdrop. The design is executed in a pictorial illustrative style characteristic of modern numismatic collector issues. |
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| Edge | Smooth |
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The Bank of Central African States issues collector coinage as a revenue mechanism — the six member nations (Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, and Gabon) share a currency pegged to the euro at a fixed rate of 655.957 francs, a parity inherited from the original franc CFA arrangement formalized in 1945. None of these pieces circulate. They are struck under contract by European mints and sold directly into the international numismatic market, the proceeds accruing to the issuing authority rather than funding any domestic monetary function.