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2000 Francs Jason and Medea
| Issuer | Republic of Cameroon |
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| Year | 2024 |
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| Diameter | 50 mm |
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| Obverse description | The obverse features a central vignette depicting a classical Greek temple set against a dramatic mountainous landscape, with radiating sunbeams emanating from behind the structure and billowing clouds filling the lower field. A large, finely detailed laurel wreath frames the central scene on both sides. The outer border is decorated with a continuous Greek key (meander) pattern. The circular legend reads REPUBLIQUE DU CAMEROUN along the upper arc, with 2000 FRANCS CFA and 2 OZ distributed along the lower arc. The date 2024 appears at the top of the inner field, with the mint mark XXI and the fineness mark Ag 999 inscribed below the central design. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Cameroon has used the CFA franc as its currency since 1945, yet the country has issued an expanding catalogue of collector coins denominated in CFA francs that bear no relationship to domestic monetary circulation — produced entirely for the international numismatic market by contracted European mints. This piece falls squarely in that category.
The Jason and Medea mythology originates in the pre-Homeric Greek tradition, with Medea's role in the Argonaut cycle later dramatized most brutally by Euripides in 431 BC.