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2000 Francs Buffalo
| Issuer | Bank of Central African States |
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| Year | 2022 |
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| Weight | 62.2 g |
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| Obverse description | A highly detailed African savanna landscape rendered in high relief fills the central field, dominated by a large acacia tree with a broad, windswept canopy occupying the left and upper portions of the design, with smaller bare trees visible in the middle and far distance. The ground is depicted with textured grassland extending to the lower rim, conveying depth and naturalistic atmosphere. The circular legend along the upper rim reads REPUBLIQUE DU CAMEROUN 2022, while the lower rim carries the inscription 2000 FRANCS CFA 2 Oz Ag 999, all in incuse Latin lettering against the antique-finished field. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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The Bank of Central African States — the BEAC — serves six member nations simultaneously, meaning this issue carries no single national identity despite its physical existence as legal tender. The buffalo motif connects to a broader wave of African wildlife bullion programs that accelerated sharply after the South African Krugerrand lost its monopoly on the continent's collector-bullion market in the 1990s.
KM#519 is a two-ounce format, unusual for the BEAC's wildlife series, which more commonly issues in single-ounce weights.