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2000 Francs Dürer's Rhinoceros
| Issuer | Cameroon (1960-date) |
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| Year | 2021 |
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| Value | 2000 Francs CFA |
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| Obverse description | The coat of arms of Cameroon occupies the central field, depicting a shield bearing scales of justice surmounted by a five-pointed star, flanked by two crossed fasces-axes. The motto is inscribed in bilingual form flanking the arms: PAIX / PEACE to the left and PATRIE / FATHERLAND to the right, with TRAVAIL / WORK above. The date 2021 appears above the arms. A scroll beneath the shield bears the bilingual legend REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON / REPUBLIQUE DU CAMEROUN, with the fineness mark Ag.999 to the lower left. The surrounding legend reads REPUBLIQUE DU CAMEROUN along the upper arc and 2000 FRANCS CFA along the lower arc. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Dürer's famous woodcut rhinoceros of 1515 was drawn entirely from a written description — he never saw the animal. The rhino in question was a gift from Sultan Muzaffar Shah II of Gujarat to King Manuel I of Portugal, and it drowned en route to Rome when the ship carrying it sank off the Ligurian coast. Dürer's anatomically fanciful interpretation, with its plated armor and dorsal horn, became the dominant European image of the species for over two centuries, reproduced across maps, natural histories, and tapestries despite being demonstrably inaccurate.
Cameroon's Central African franc coinage is issued under agreement with the Monnaie de Paris but increasingly through private minting arrangements targeting the collector market.