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2000 Francs HMS Bounty
| Issuer | Bank of Central African States (BEAC) |
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| Year | 2019 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse lettering | Golden Age of Sail REPUBLIQUE DU CAMEROUN 2000 FRANCS CFA 2019 Ag 999 mw (Translation: Republic of Cameroon.) |
| Reverse description | The reverse depicts HMS Bounty under full sail, navigating to the left across open seas, her hull and rigging rendered in fine detail with color enhancement applied to the sails and sea. At right and left, a longboat with figures is shown, referencing the historic mutiny. In the lower portion of the field, a portrait bust of Fletcher Christian faces three-quarters right, with a compass rose depicted in the background behind the bust. The legend 'HMS Bounty' appears in the field, identifying the celebrated vessel central to this commemorative issue. |
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The HMS Bounty mutiny of 1789 has generated more commemorative coinage than almost any other naval episode in history, which makes this BEAC issue a curious object. The Bank of Central African States — whose member nations include Cameroon, Chad, and the Central African Republic — has issued an aggressive series of themed collector coins since the 2010s, largely unrelated to the monetary or historical experience of those territories. These coins are minted for the international bullion-collector market, not for circulation.
The Bounty itself was a converted merchant vessel, never a warship, sent to transport breadfruit seedlings from Tahiti to the Caribbean.