2000 Francs Garden of Eden

The Bank of Central African States issues coinage on behalf of six member nations — Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, and Gabon — under a monetary union whose roots trace to the CFA franc zone established by France in 1945. Collector issues of this type are struck under contract by private mints and carry legal tender status in all six member states simultaneously, an arrangement that produces coins no citizen of those countries is likely to ever encounter in daily commerce.