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2000 Francs Kiss of Death
| Issuer | Cameroon (1960-date) |
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| Year | 2024 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is struck in the form of a brass knuckle duster, with four finger-ring apertures rendered in high relief and filled with colorized amber-toned inserts evoking foaming beer glasses. The lower field depicts an elaborate Prohibition-era tableau in antique-finish silver, featuring a bootlegger's delivery truck, a portrait bust of King Charles III in right profile, and a large foaming beer stein at center. Surrounding the apertures are period newspaper headlines and protest placards with inscriptions including 'HAPPY DAYS ARE BEER AGAIN,' 'PROHIBITION ENDS AT LAST,' 'WANTED,' and 'WE WANT BEER,' all rendered in intricate high-relief engraving. Figurative scenes of police officers and civilians occupy the left field. The legend REPUBLIQUE DU CAMEROUN, 2000 FRANCS CFA, CHARLES III, and the date 2024 appear along the lower border. |
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| Mintage | 2024 - Antique finish - 1,920 |
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The "Kiss of Death" is the informal name given to the maneuver used by first responders — and, famously, by competitive free divers — to transfer oxygen mouth-to-mouth underwater. Cameroon has issued an expanding series of silver kilo-adjacents under the CFA franc denomination using this kind of extreme sport and survival theme licensing, produced almost certainly by a European private mint rather than the Banque des États de l'Afrique Centrale, which has no facility capable of striking collector bullion at this weight.
The 2000 CFA franc face value is purely nominal — spot silver alone vastly exceeds it.