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2000 Francs Nativity
| Issuer | Bank of Central African States (BEAC) |
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| Year | 2024 |
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| Weight | 62.20 g |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A finely detailed Nativity scene depicting the Virgin Mary and Saint Joseph in adoration of the infant Jesus, with an angel looking down from above. An ox (Bos taurus) appears at left and a donkey (Equus asinus) at right, flanking the central figures. At the bottom of the composition, a lamb (Ovis aries), a rabbit (Leporidae sp.), and a dove (Columbidae sp.) are arranged in the foreground. A radiant star is positioned at the apex of the design. The legend THE NATIVITY is inscribed across the lower portion of the reverse. |
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The Bank of Central African States issues currency on behalf of six member nations — Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, and the Republic of Congo — all sharing the CFA franc under a monetary agreement with France that traces to 1945. Large-format silver issues like this one are produced entirely for the collector market; the CFA franc zone's circulating coinage runs nowhere near 2000 francs in base metal.
KM#662 places this within a documented series, though BEAC commemorative programs of this scale are contracted to European private mints rather than struck at any facility within the issuing territory.