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2000 Francs Laocoön and His Sons
| Issuer | Bank of Central African States |
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| Year | 2020 |
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| Composition | Silver (.999) (with selective gilding) |
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| Edge | Smooth |
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| Mintage | 2020 MW - Antique finish - 999 |
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The Bank of Central African States — the BEAC — issues currency on behalf of six member nations, and this series of high-relief art coins has no practical monetary function in those economies. They exist entirely for the export collector market, struck under licensing arrangements common to sovereign mint programs in small-currency-bloc nations seeking hard-currency revenue.
The Laocoön group, excavated on the Esquiline Hill in Rome in January 1506, was identified within days by Giuliano da Sangallo and almost immediately acquired by Pope Julius II for the Vatican. Michelangelo reportedly witnessed the unearthing himself.