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1500 Francs Pope Benedict XVI
| Issuer | Bank of Central African States (BEAC) |
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| Year | 2011 |
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| Diameter | 11 mm |
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| Reverse lettering | Pope Benedict XVI. 2011 HABEMUS PAPAM (Translation: We have a pope.) |
| Edge | Reeded |
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Issued by the BEAC on behalf of Cameroon, this miniature gold piece is part of a broader wave of small-denomination collector issues the central bank produced in the early 2010s targeting the religious commemorative market. Benedict XVI resigned the papacy in February 2013 — the first pope to abdicate since Gregory XII in 1415 — meaning coins issued in his honor during 2011 carry an unintentional historical charge that no mint could have anticipated at striking.