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2000 Francs Church of St. Francis of Assisi
| Issuer | Bank of Central African States (BEAC) |
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| Year | 2019 |
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| Value | 2000 Francs CFA |
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| Obverse description | At right, a detailed exterior view of the Church of St. Francis of Assisi (Basilica of the Franciscans) in Kraków, Poland, rendered in the field as a background motif. At center-left, a reproduction of the celebrated stained-glass window designed by Stanisław Wyspiański is inlaid as a glass insert, displaying its characteristic Art Nouveau palette and figurative composition. The encircling legend along the upper and lower periphery reads REPUBLIQUE DU CAMEROUN and 2000 FRANCS CFA, with the date 2019 also present in the field. |
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| Obverse lettering | 2000 FRANCS CFA REPUBLIQUE DU CAMEROUN 2019 (Translation: Republic of Cameroon.) |
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The Church of St. Francis of Assisi in Yaoundé, Cameroon, was built during the French colonial period and remains one of the more architecturally distinctive Catholic structures in Central Africa. This coin belongs to BEAC's ongoing series of high-relief silver issues incorporating glass elements — a format that has become a reliable revenue stream for the issuer through the numismatic export market rather than any domestic circulation purpose. The glass insert is produced separately and seated into the planchet during the striking process, a technique licensed from a small number of specialized European minting facilities.